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- February 26 2025
‘A big idea to confront a big problem’: Insurance Council of Australia calls for US$19bn flood defence fund
Fund is the centrepiece of the ICA's Advancing Australia’s Resilience policy document, which provides recommendations for the next federal government.
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- February 26 2025
Skuld grows mutual P&I GT by 6% during renewal despite ‘turbulent times’
The club's mutual P&I tonnage for the 2025/26 policy year stands at 122 million gross tonnage (GT).
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- February 26 2025
QBE hands Julie Starley permanent role as chief claims officer for Australia Pacific
She had held the role on an interim basis following the departure of Jon Fox at the end of 2024.
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- February 25 2025
Steadfast’s Nick Cook named new president of Australia’s brokers association
Gary Okely will remain on the NIBA board as a director after his term as president came to an end.
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- February 25 2025
Gallagher promotes Australia, Asia chief Sarah Lyons to global specialty CEO role
She will take over the London-based role from current CEO Jonathan Turner, who is leaving the business.
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- February 25 2025
Australia’s insurers ‘still have more to do’ after 2022 floods despite ‘significant progress’
Insurance Council of Australia report highlights the progress made in response to seven recommendations put to the industry after Australia's most costly extreme weather event.
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- February 25 2025
HDI Global welcomes new head of distribution for NSW, ACT
Brandt Connor takes up the newly created role having spent almost eight years with Allianz, most recently as national relationship manager.
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- February 24 2025
Australia’s higher premiums may stifle new policy growth, lead to underinsurance: S&P Global
Insurance is already very costly in Australia's high-risk areas, and premiums are unlikely to fall anytime soon, S&P Global Ratings said in a report.
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- February 24 2025
WTW hands Joule-Tobias Howard new role as lead fac broker in Asia
He has been with the broker for almost eight and a half years, and was most recently head of pacific property for Asia.
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- February 24 2025
Auto-fac market ‘not yet at scale for treaty purchase’, but ‘not dumping ground for bad risks’
Facility is emerging as a vital instrument to place risks that do not fit into existing treaties, Gallagher Re, Markel and Swiss Re say.
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- February 24 2025
Evergreen Partners takes minority stake in New Zealand’s Delta International
Amy Ellis, director at Auckland-based private equity firm Evergreen Partners, will also join the MGA's board in a non-executive capacity.
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- February 23 2025
AUB Group enters into equity partnership with New Zealand’s OFS Insurance Brokers
'Strategic acquisition aligns with AUB’s commitment to expanding its footprint in New Zealand', AUB said in a LinkedIn update.
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- February 21 2025
Gallagher Re, Aon, QBE, Howden Re: 10 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Tokio Marine Holdings, Markel, Allied World, Labuan Re, Chubb Malaysia, Austbrokers Corporate, Global Asia Insurance Partnership and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- February 21 2025
Australia’s US$8.9bn terrorism reinsurance pool finalises 2025 retrocession program
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) chief executive Christopher Wallace says it was important to maintain the pool's strong position in the global terrorism reinsurance market.
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- February 21 2025
New Zealand’s Otago flood insured losses hit US$19.4m, top 2015 floods
Insurance Council of New Zealand data shows 1,920 private insurance claims were made following the deluge which hit at the start of October.
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- February 20 2025
Advocacy group labels ICA’s response to general insurance code review as ‘superficial’
Analysis from the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby critiques the Insurance Council of Australia's initial response review.
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- February 20 2025
Chubb Malaysia appoints ex-Olympian Danil Bugakov as P&C head
Bugakov, who represented Uzbekistan at the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, joins having spent over 11 and a half years with Hannover Re.
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- February 20 2025
Austbrokers Corporate promotes Phillip Agah to head of broking
Agah had joined the AUB Group subsidiary in 2023 as national practice group manager for financial lines.
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- February 20 2025
Markel names Alicia Leong head of marine liabilities in Singapore
She joins from Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate, where she spent close to 10 years as a marine liability underwriter.
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- February 19 2025
Howden Re taps Axa’s Emily Lo for Asia head of analytics role
Lo was general insurance pricing and product development director at Axa Hong Kong and Macau, having joined the company over eight and a half years ago from Swiss Re.
