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- June 26 2024
HDI Global combines ANZ commercial, specialty leadership with Stefan Feldmann in charge
Feldmann has been handed the additional charge after Mark Fleiser left the business following an organisational restructure in the region.
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- June 26 2024
‘Normalcy’ returns to Australia, New Zealand 1.7 renewals
Property cat renewals are seeing relatively flat pricing on bottom and middle layers and small risk-adjusted decreases in top layer pricing, brokers tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- June 25 2024
Allianz Australia names Jamie Craig as head of dealer underwriting team
Prior to the appointment, Craig was with Zurich Financial Services Australia for over nine years focusing on motor fleet underwriting.
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- June 25 2024
Vero Insurance ropes in Nathan Mendez as senior underwriter for property lines
Sydney-based Mendez, who joins from AIG, will be responsible for New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory markets.
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- June 25 2024
Arch Insurance Australia hires Amanda Seng as property underwriting manager
Seng will focus on managing the underwriting activities across Arch Insurance’s Southern region property portfolio.
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- June 24 2024
ICA welcomes building ministers’ commitment to climate resilience
Decision to include building resilience as part of Australian Building Codes Board's objectives paves the way for stronger new homes that can withstand disasters and could help save US$2.7 billion building costs per year.
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- June 24 2024
Steadfast promotes Nick Cook and hires Swiss Re veteran Mark Senkevics
The senior management rejig at the Australian broker gives Cook a broader role across Australasian networks, broker and insurer services, as it brings in Senkevics to oversee MGAs, reinsurance and life. It also names new heads of operations and IT.
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- June 24 2024
McLardy McShane lands Aon’s Brendan Wright as Melbourne broking manager
The Australian broker's newly formed role will see Wright managing a portfolio comprising of the branch’s largest accounts and working to grow and develop the remainder of the branch.
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- June 24 2024
Australian cyclone pool kicks off strata premium rate review
The main change being considered is the introduction of mitigation discounts on wind premium rates for eligible strata policies to improve incentives to reduce and mitigate risk.
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- June 21 2024
Ansvar’s reinsurance program limits downside risks from PSA, weather claims : AM Best
AM Best has affirmed insurer rating of A- (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- June 20 2024
Ardonagh-backed Aviso promotes Nathan Trembath as Queensland general manager
Trembath previously worked as the firm's chief broker for the Gold Coast region.
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- June 20 2024
HDI Global expands South Australia operations with Adelaide office
City-based market manager Andrew Beare and property underwriter Elicia Scudds as well as employees from claims, risk engineering and international programs teams will move to the new office to connect with local brokers and clients.
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- June 20 2024
Australian MGA Market Lane expands claims and property teams with two hires
The MGA has appointed Marie Domingo as a claims executive and has relocated Christine Penny from Dublin to Sydney as an assistant underwriter, property for its specialty commercial insurance underwriting arm The Barn.
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- June 20 2024
Gallagher’s Pen Underwriting promotes Louise Soutter to professional risks manager in Australia
Brisbane-based Soutter was most recently a senior underwriter focused on cyber and excess professional indemnity for the MGA.
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- June 19 2024
Delta takes Chubb’s Joleene Dawson as group head of underwriting
Sydney-based Dawson will be driving the MGA's increased focus on international market expansion.
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- June 18 2024
ICA welcomes New South Wales’ US$3.8bn resilience funding package
The Insurance Council of Australia hails the state government's budget funding targeted at reducing flood risks, and its recommitment to scrap the widely-criticised emergency services levy.
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- June 18 2024
Axa XL bolsters Australia’s casualty team with Allianz hire
With over four decades of experience, Andy Covel has joined the global (re)insurer as senior casualty underwriter based in Sydney.
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- June 17 2024
Australian P&C insurers to see slower premium growth: S&P Global
Despite lower premium growth on the back of moderating premium rate increases, profitability should remain strong this year through to 2025.
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- June 17 2024
ICA calls for overhaul in financial hardship support, redefine ‘vulnerability’
In its submission to the General Insurance Code of Practice review, the Insurance Council of Australia is calling for changes on how hardship support, such as premium relief, should be extended.
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- June 17 2024
Everest Australia hires Arthur Constantinou to head Pacific energy and construction team
Melbourne-based Constantinou was previously national underwriting manager-technical lines and complex risks at Zurich.
