06 February 2012
Miller & Associates has changed its name to MA Risk Solutions and is now wholly Australian-owned after the company’s directors and staff bought the 25% owned by Lloyd’s broker Miller Insurance Services…
06 February 2012
A news item last week (Chartis centralises prestige house and contents group) contained two inaccuracies…
30 January 2012
Calliden Group has said its unaudited loss for the 2011 calendar year will be between $11.5 and $12.5 million:
30 January 2012
Shares in QBE are wallowing in the doldrums after it warned in mid-January of a 40-50% profit and dividend cut…
30 January 2012
Wesfarmers Insurance Division has warned it will suffer a 75% fall in net profit in the first half of the financial year…
30 January 2012
Suncorp will build a new stand-alone brand and develop alternative sales channel approaches through its newly acquired AMP General Insurance Distribution business…
30 January 2012
IAG has increased its catastrophe reinsurance by $600 million to $4.7 billion for this year…
30 January 2012
IAG has followed up its proposal to pay $380 million to buy New Zealand insurer AMI’s non-earthquake affected business with an acquisition in Malaysia…
30 January 2012
Chartis Insurance has centralised the underwriting operations of its Private Client Group to its head office in Sydney…
30 January 2012
Former Zurich Australia CEO David Smith has begun work as CEO and Country Manager of Australia Operations for Axis Capital Holdings…
30 January 2012
Perth-based Westcourt General Insurance Brokers has moved to provide premium funding to its network of authorised representatives…
30 January 2012
Former HSBC Insurance chief David Fried has left the London-based banking giant after 20 years to become Regional CEO of Allianz Asia Pacific, based in Singapore…
30 January 2012
Former CGU executive Warren Hutcheon is the new CEO of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority…
12 December 2011
Broker group Steadfast says usage of its virtual underwriter platform has increased by more than 700% this year, with 48% of shareholders now actively using it…
12 December 2011
CGU’s home, contents and landlords policies will automatically include cover for flood from February…
12 December 2011
Calliden Group will pocket $8.3 million in profit from the sale of its 50% shareholding in Claims Services Australia…
12 December 2011
Speculation continues on Wesfarmers making a takeover tilt at Insurance Australia Group…
12 December 2011
Calliden Group will underwrite its commercial package business as an agent of Great Lakes Australia under a three-year agreement to take effect next year…
12 December 2011
Loss adjuster Cerno has formed a joint venture with Claim Central Holdings to offer a service combining adjusting with building and supplier management…
05 December 2011
Suncorp is buying AMP’s General Insurance Distribution business, which operates through 700 authorised representatives…