Compare the Market linked to iSelect share purchase
28 May 2018
Companies linked to comparison site Compare the Market have taken a 10% stake in listed rival iSelect following a share price decline…
Corporate
Lloyd’s parts ways with Asia-Pacific head
28 May 2018
Lloyd’s has announced the departure of its Singapore-based Regional Head Asia-Pacific, Kent Chaplin…
Insurance House aims to double premium income after Yorkway deal
28 May 2018
Melbourne-based Insurance House Group says it should double its $250 million annual premium income following a major investment in the business…
Blue Zebra pairs with Claim Central
28 May 2018
New underwriting agency Blue Zebra has partnered with Claim Central to provide digital claims management services to its broker network…
IAG builds on Airtasker collaboration
28 May 2018
IAG will collaborate with Airtasker to design and deliver tailored insurance to the digital odd-jobs marketplace…
Ensurance boss signs for the longer haul
28 May 2018
Ensurance Executive Chairman Tony Leibowitz has signed a longer-term contract after taking the role on an interim basis last October…
Hollard restructures to ‘better manage growth’
21 May 2018
Hollard has made key executive appointments in a significant restructure to support continued expansion…
Chubb rolls out SME offering
21 May 2018
Chubb has extended its broker-distributed business pack product, as it looks to become a significant player in the SME sector…
QBE commits to ‘socially progressive’ investment
21 May 2018
QBE has pledged to invest at least $100 million in “socially progressive projects” such as affordable housing, renewable energy and healthcare…
CBL stays in administration with creditors deadlocked
21 May 2018
Creditors of CBL Corporation will meet again no later than July 2 to decide the New Zealand insurer’s future, after last Friday’s meeting ended in a voting stalemate…
Allianz local operation returns to profitability
21 May 2018
Allianz Australia made a first-quarter operating profit of €58 million, results from the German parent company show…
Blue Zebra secures financial services licence
21 May 2018
New underwriting agency Blue Zebra, which aims to bring personal lines back to brokers, has obtained its Australian financial services licence…
Work starts on new Zurich HQ
21 May 2018
Development of Zurich’s new Australian headquarters – a 25-storey tower at 118 Mount Street in North Sydney – has started…
Sydney insurtech teams with Euler Hermes on trade cover
21 May 2018
Insurtech Factfin has partnered with Allianz-owned trade credit insurance company Euler Hermes to develop a platform to better assess businesses’ default risks…
CBA jumps on board with Cover-More
21 May 2018
Zurich-owned travel insurer Cover-More has teamed up with the Commonwealth Bank to cover credit card and retail customers…
Administrators back winding up CBL
14 May 2018
Voluntary administrators say placing CBL Corporation into liquidation is the best option for creditors…
Ex-Gallagher chief takes reins at BMS
14 May 2018
Andrew Godden has been appointed CEO of specialist insurance broker BMS Group’s Australian arm…
Hannover Re, HDI to launch speciality JV next year
14 May 2018
HDI Global and Hannover Re have established a specialty joint venture that will begin operating at the start of next year in countries including Australia…
Ensurance steps up UK expansion, eyes sale of local business
14 May 2018
Ensurance will direct more resources to growing its UK operations and part with its local retail brokerage business, as part of a new strategy…
Genworth maintains forecast as housing market eases
14 May 2018
Lenders’ mortgage insurer Genworth has maintained its earnings outlook amid signs of a softening housing market, as it pursues a strategy to widen its risk management offering…