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- September 8 2026
Marsh’s Peter Sun joins Aviso Specialty as COO for schemes, affinity
Sydney-based Sun was previously Pacific COO for affinity at Marsh.
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- September 8 2026
Markel makes double promotion within Australia underwriting team
James Vlasveld and James Crawford earn promotions to senior underwriters.
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- September 8 2026
Underwriter Rachel Godden swaps Chubb for cyber MGA Coalition Australia
She joins after over four years of underwriting experience at Chubb, where she was most recently a senior cyber and tech industry practices underwriter.
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- September 7 2026
Charles Taylor elevates Andrew Milne to Australia managing director
He steps up from his role as director of natural resources, a position he has held since 2024, following the departure of Mark Thompson.
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- September 3 2026
AIG Australia scores Mahfuzur Rahman as senior professional indemnity underwriter
Melbourne-based Rahman joins from Chubb, where he had been a senior underwriter for financial lines and major accounts for Australia and New Zealand since September 2025.
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- September 3 2026
Brent Mullan returns from two-year travel, study break to join Gallagher New Zealand as head of marine
He joins the broker after a two year break, having last been a partner with Howden in New Zealand.
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- September 2 2026
Aon Australia promotes Hayley Pettit to chief broking officer for specialty
She will also continue to lead the Queensland financial institutions team.
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- September 2 2026
360 Underwriting Solutions hires Ben Church as general manager for commercial classes
Sydney-based Church joins from Allianz, where he spent over 13 years across a range of senior distribution roles, most recently as general manager of distribution.
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- September 2 2026
Anna Scott replaces Toni Ferrier as Marsh New Zealand CEO
Scott will retain her role as president of the newly-rebranded Marsh People and Investments in New Zealand.
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- September 1 2026
QBE completes sale of trade credit and surety business to Swiss Re CorSo
Two firms had struck a deal in February for the portfolio that is expected to generate annual revenues of approximately US$200m, according to Swiss Re.
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- September 1 2026
Australian cyber specialist Emergence launches US operations
Steadfast Underwriting Agencies’ MGA taps Keith Savino to lead the new operations.
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- September 1 2026
Soaring construction costs outpacing inflation, straining disaster recovery and insurance premiums: ICA
Building cost surge widens protection gap as 145,000 homes damaged in past years, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- August 31 2026
Corinne Biagioni joins Aviso Specialty as construction growth leader, clarifies SRG move
Biagioni confirms she 'never commenced employment' with Specialist Risk Group despite having announced her appointment as a partner and head of Australia construction in June.
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- August 31 2026
Lockton New Zealand hires David Lynch as chief client officer
Auckland-based Lynch was most recently chief client officer for specialties at Marsh, covering liability, trade credit, cyber, and aviation.
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- August 28 2026
McLarens Australia appoints Andy Donnelly as executive loss adjuster
He brings more than 25 years' experience in commercial property loss adjusting, most recently as an executive adjuster at Integra Technical Services.
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- August 27 2026
Chubb shifts Jon Longmore to country president for New Zealand
He had been Chubb's Malaysia country president for the past two years.
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- August 26 2026
Munich Re Specialty rolls out Lloyd’s first-ever construction rescue insurance
Policy, which is also being offered in Australia and New Zealand, funds response and recovery operations during the rescue and immediate recovery phase after construction accidents.
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- August 26 2026
Steadfast takeover would alter business dynamics ‘dramatically’, CEO Robert Kelly says
Broker hopes to lodge the scheme booklet in early October, while the consortium has reconfirmed its intention to complete the transaction by December.
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- August 26 2026
Victor Australia appoints Danial Mullin as head of casualty
Melbourne-based Mullin joins the underwriting agency and authorised representative of Marsh after three years at Guild Insurance.
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- August 25 2026
Steadfast confirms search for Robert Kelly’s successor paused amid takeover
A new CEO was originally expected to be named by the release of the FY26 results in August as part of an orderly leadership transition.
