General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-names-casualty-financial-lines-leadershttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-names-casualty-financial-lines-leaders<p>Canopius has appointed Brodie English as head of casualty for Australia and New Zealand, and Rob Barnum as head of financial lines for the Asia-Pacific region...</p>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:21:33 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/zurich-claims-excellence-chief-given-tech-remithttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/zurich-claims-excellence-chief-given-tech-remit<p>Zurich says its new head of claims excellence for Australia and New Zealand will play a pivotal role accelerating investment in technology such as artificial intelligence...</p>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:21:19 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/act-award-winners-revealedhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/act-award-winners-revealed<p>EML Group&rsquo;s Canberra branch has been named insurance leader of the year in the ACT Insurance Awards...</p>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:20:30 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/co-work-office-operators-urged-to-take-group-coverhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/co-work-office-operators-urged-to-take-group-cover<p>Providers of Australia&rsquo;s 800-plus flexible workspaces have been warned to act on unexpected public liability risk...</p>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:20:14 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/ica-chief-to-address-claims-conventionhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/ica-chief-to-address-claims-convention<p>Registrations have opened for this year&rsquo;s Claims Convention, hosted by the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance...</p>Mon, 26 May 2025 04:01:20 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-eyes-melbourne-growth-with-underwriting-hirehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-eyes-melbourne-growth-with-underwriting-hire<p>Canopius has recruited Mark Butterworth as a professional lines underwriter...</p>Mon, 26 May 2025 04:01:07 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/taylor-fry-names-climate-unit-chiefhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/taylor-fry-names-climate-unit-chief<p>Ramona Meyricke has been appointed head of Taylor Fry&rsquo;s climate practice...</p>Mon, 26 May 2025 04:00:59 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/apig-sets-conference-datehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/apig-sets-conference-date<p>The Australasian Professional Indemnity Group will hold its annual conference in Sydney on September 4 as it marks its 30th anniversary...</p>Mon, 26 May 2025 04:00:36 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-names-regional-claims-strategy-headshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/canopius-names-regional-claims-strategy-heads<p>Canopius has appointed Chen Zhang as Asia-Pacific head of claims and Channing Chiu to the newly created role of regional strategy and transformation lead...</p>Mon, 26 May 2025 03:58:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/niba-out-to-educate-brokers-as-consent-laws-loomhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/niba-out-to-educate-brokers-as-consent-laws-loom<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association will offer a &ldquo;suite of support resources&rdquo; to help members prepare for upcoming client consent reforms...</p>Mon, 19 May 2025 02:34:25 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/everest-exec-honoured-to-head-up-anziif-board-https://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/everest-exec-honoured-to-head-up-anziif-board-<p>Everest Insurance Asia-Pacific head Scott Leney is the new president of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, taking over from Austbrokers chief broking officer Ben Bessell...</p>Mon, 19 May 2025 02:34:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/zurich-fills-roles-for-regional-sme-pushhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/zurich-fills-roles-for-regional-sme-push<p>Theo Pitsikas has been promoted to Asia-Pacific head of SME at Zurich and will leave his Australia and New Zealand position for the newly created role in Singapore next month...</p>Mon, 19 May 2025 02:32:20 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/familiar-face-returns-as-cfc-puts-boots-on-groundhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/familiar-face-returns-as-cfc-puts-boots-on-ground<p>Cyber specialist CFC says Gary Newson will return as management liability development manager for its Australian operation...</p>Mon, 19 May 2025 02:31:18 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/seafaring-veteran-to-address-marine-forumhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/seafaring-veteran-to-address-marine-forum<p>The Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum will host Charles Taylor Adjusting marine technical services director Harshvardhan Kumar for a session on cargo risks next month...</p>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:39:16 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/ansvar-names-new-commercial-chiefhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/ansvar-names-new-commercial-chief<p>Ansvar Insurance has appointed Gavin Gibson as head of commercial and corporate...</p>Mon, 12 May 2025 04:25:56 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/tickets-on-sale-for-aicla-s-brisbane-conferencehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/tickets-on-sale-for-aicla-s-brisbane-conference<p>The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters has opened registrations for next month&rsquo;s Queensland Claims Conference...</p>Mon, 12 May 2025 04:25:34 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/wfi-saddles-up-for-queensland-cattle-drivehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/wfi-saddles-up-for-queensland-cattle-drive<p>IAG-owned WFI Insurance will sponsor BeefBank&rsquo;s inaugural Great Australian Charity Cattle Drive starting later this month...</p>Mon, 12 May 2025 04:25:21 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/new-partner-adds-depth-to-clyde-and-co-brisbane-teamhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/new-partner-adds-depth-to-clyde-and-co-brisbane-team<p>Clyde &amp; Co has named Janine Clark as a partner in its Brisbane office...</p>Mon, 12 May 2025 04:25:16 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/insurance-advisernet-fills-gm-southern-rolehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/insurance-advisernet-fills-gm-southern-role<p>Insurance Advisernet has appointed Danny Ravenhill as GM of regional operations for the south...</p>Mon, 05 May 2025 04:22:03 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/courageous-to-the-end-tributes-to-pioneering-loss-adjusterhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/courageous-to-the-end-tributes-to-pioneering-loss-adjuster<p>A funeral service for Murray Rowley will be held on the Gold Coast tomorrow morning...</p>Mon, 05 May 2025 04:21:44 GMT