Corporate
25 May 2020
IAG has invested in rural intelligence start-up Digital Agriculture Services to help its customers better understand and manage their farm property risk by using insights from satellite imagery...
25 May 2020
NM Insurance has expanded its Proteus Marine Insurance brand into New Zealand...
25 May 2020
Allianz has launched a new wellbeing program for international students and visitors in Australia who have experienced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic...
18 May 2020
Melbourne-based Honan Insurance Group has entered into a definitive strategic investment deal with US private equity firm TA Associates, the two companies announced today...
18 May 2020
Allianz says its Australian profit dropped by a third in the first three months of 2020 as unprecedented bushfires devastated the nation...
18 May 2020
AUB has appointed John Mutton to head its Austbrokers Corporate business following a rebranding and overhaul of Sydney-based broking firm InterRISK...
18 May 2020
Rural Affinity has again teamed up with Great Lakes Australia, signing a five-year agency and claims services agreement with the Munich Re-owned business...
18 May 2020
Claims specialist 360Globalnet has introduced a new digital platform which promises faster claim lifecycles, saving brokers time and hassle...
18 May 2020
Fitch has lowered its Insurer Financial Strength rating on Genworth, reflecting the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Australian lender's mortgage insurance provider...
18 May 2020
S&P Global Ratings says Suncorp’s update on COVID-19 related impacts has moderated its expectations for full-year earnings but has not undermined its view of the company’s underlying operations...
18 May 2020
Aon has established a new underwriting platform which it says has the world's largest capacity for intellectual property liability, saying the importance of risk mitigation in this area has never been higher...
18 May 2020
AM Best has cuts its outlook for church, education and heritage insurer Ansvar to negative from stable due to financial impacts from exposure to physical and sexual abuse claims, discount rate movements and catastrophe events...
18 May 2020
Fire forensic analysis company GKA Investigations Group, which works with insurers, is opening an office in Perth next month...
18 May 2020
Kate Armstrong has joined Suncorp’s New Zealand boards...
11 May 2020
Suncorp expects a "modest drag" on gross written premium this financial year due to the take-up of hardship options and lower economic activity amid the COVID-19 outbreak, while landlord claims are set to rise...
11 May 2020
IQumulate Premium Funding has introduced a product to provide assistance for SMEs hard-hit by the continuing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic...
11 May 2020
QBE says the actions taken in recent weeks to bolster its capital base will enable the business to ride out the challenges created by the virus pandemic...
11 May 2020
Dual Asia Pacific is looking for more acquisition opportunities after last week announcing it has moved into the M&A arena with the purchase of a controlling interest in New Zealand’s International Underwriting Agencies...
11 May 2020
Supermarket giant Coles is offering pet insurance for dogs and cats, which will be underwritten by Guild Insurance...
11 May 2020
Mortgage insurer Genworth lifted its gross written premium by almost a third in the first quarter but is now readying for home loan defaults with a $181.8 million writedown...