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Steadfast ‘not approached’ as M&A target
11 December 2025
Steadfast has not received a takeover approach, CEO Robert Kelly told an analysts’ briefing this morning following media speculation a private equity firm may be interested...
A loss of faith: landlord pays for undeclared religious meetings
11 December 2025
AIG has won a dispute with a landlord that failed to disclose its building was no longer occupied by a restaurant and that a religious organisation met weekly on the upper floor...
New global and corporate boss in place at Aon
11 December 2025
Aon has confirmed James Harmer has joined the company to lead a team of 170 people as head of global and corporate...
NIBA brings Baum on board
11 December 2025
WTW Pacific region CEO James Baum has joined the National Insurance Brokers Association board...
‘Just the beginning’ as Howden expands commercial arm
11 December 2025
Howden has added to its commercial team and launched an agricultural specialty unit, bringing in experienced broking professionals who will collaborate with its equine team and others...
Red tape pulls brokers away from clients: Klipin
11 December 2025
Compliance with “layers and layers” of regulation is forcing risk advisers to put off customer engagement, National Insurance Brokers Association CEO Richard Klipin warns...
Surf star to address Steadfast conference
11 December 2025
Media personality Adam Spencer and para surfer Sam Bloom will be keynote speakers at next year’s Steadfast Convention...
Underwriter Level hails progress on BPA platform
11 December 2025
New mobile plant and equipment specialist Level Underwriting says it has brought hundreds of brokers onto ChainThat’s Beyond Policy Administration platform since going live in Australia last month...
‘No red flags’ after AUB buyout bid withdrawn
04 December 2025
AUB Group has a positive earnings outlook, and the fact private equity suitors are not proceeding with a takeover is no cause for alarm, a Morningstar research report says...
‘Everything has a cost’: industry queries card surcharge ban
04 December 2025
Banning card payment surcharges could have knock-on impacts for clients, insurance executives say...
Buyers’ market ‘firmly established’ in New Zealand
04 December 2025
A “very benign” claims environment means soft market conditions persist in most insurance lines in New Zealand, Gallagher says in a market update...
PSC rolls Threefold, Musk into NZ business
04 December 2025
PSC Insurance Brokers NZ has brought the Threefold and Musk businesses into its operations after moving earlier this year to wind up an authorised representative network...
Business frozen out after food spoilage claim
04 December 2025
A Melbourne business owner has lost a dispute with his insurer after it denied a payout for food stock ruined by a broken freezer...
Code committee names new industry rep
04 December 2025
Jeff Howells will next month start a three-year term as Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee industry representative...
Lockton exec runs for charity after son’s diagnosis
04 December 2025
Adam Squire will compete in the Sydney Marathon next August to raise funds for Arrow Foundation, which helps bone marrow transplant patients...
Marsh veteran to depart after three decades
04 December 2025
Marsh Pacific client engagement leader AnnMarie Rodgers is leaving the broker after 31 years...
Whitbread ‘sharpens strata focus’ under new CEO
27 November 2025
Whitbread Insurance Brokers says Lia de Sousa has been appointed CEO, as the business hones its strata specialisation...
Broker let down client, but no loss means no compensation
27 November 2025
A corporate trustee has failed to win compensation from Marsh Advantage over poor handling of a motor policy renewal...
Intermediary jailed over ‘wide-ranging’ payments fraud
27 November 2025
A UK broker has been sentenced to five years in prison after police found he diverted more than £133,000 ($269,700) into his personal bank account...
NIBA Convention to return to Gold Coast
27 November 2025
Next year’s National Insurance Brokers Association Convention will once again be held at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast...