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- February 10 2025
Australia’s upcover secures US$12m in Series A round funding
Round was led by RealVC, with investments from Antler Elevate's Global Fund, Betterlabs and Gandel Invest, and US$5m debt from Marshall Investments.
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- February 10 2025
Australian MGA Market Lane promotes property team pair
Joanna Hayes and Anand Narayanan promoted within specialty commercial insurance underwriting arm, The Barn.
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- February 10 2025
MG Non-Life owner to move court as talks with union break down: report
Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation's sale of the insurer to Meritz Fire & Marine has been stuck over the labour union's opposition.
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- February 7 2025
HDI Global names Joanna D’Silva as senior underwriter for engineering in Melbourne
D'Silva previously spent over eight years at AIG, working in Melbourne and Malaysia.
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- February 6 2025
Australian broker domo recruits Aon’s Anthony White as head of property, construction
White returns to Melbourne to join the broking startup after nearly a decade in London as part of Aon’s international construction team.
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- February 6 2025
Queensland flood claims near 4,000, but too early to estimate total damage
Insurance Council of Australia says many communities remain isolated after the region was battered by heavy rain since last week.
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- February 6 2025
Aon elevates Helen Lockwood to head of affinity and small business, Australia
Sydney-based Lockwood was previously head of strategic platforms and technical at Aon since October 2022.
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- February 5 2025
IAG, Allianz said to be in the race for RAC Insurance: report
The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia had hired boutique advisory firm Barrenjoey to conduct a strategic review including for its insurance arm.
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- February 5 2025
Northern Queensland floods set for ‘substantial’ losses after once-in-a-century deluge
Loss adjusters expect property and business interruption claims after parts of the region were battered by heavy rain since last week.
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- February 4 2025
Australian antitrust regulator to probe IAG-RACQ and Allianz-RAAI deals
ACCC, the competition watchdog, will assess whether the acquisitions will substantially lessen competition in the market.
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- February 3 2025
Cyber specialist Sync Underwriting launches in Australia with Tokio Marine capacity
The MGA, which is part of the Rhodian Group underwriting network, will provide cover for small to mid-sized businesses in the country.
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- February 3 2025
Crawford Australia strengthens account management team with QBE hire
Mark McDermott, who joins the loss adjuster as key account manager in Adelaide, will build strategic connections within the broker community.
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- February 2 2025
ICA declares significant event for northern Queensland floods
Flooding and storms have mostly affected Australian communities in Townsville, Innisfail, Ingham, Gordonvale and Cardwell.
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- February 1 2025
IAG to release US$125m from provisions after favourable court decree
Carrier will include the released amount in the 'net corporate expense’ line in the financial results for the six months to December 31, 2024.
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- January 31 2025
Steadfast-owned brands Network Insurance Group and Insurance House merge
Andrew Broughton, current chief executive officer of Network Insurance Group, will assume the leadership of the combined entity.
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- January 28 2025
Australian MGA Agile hires industry veteran Richard Hardy to head property
Agile Underwriting launched a property line backed by its Lloyd's syndicate, AUS 2427, in November.
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- January 23 2025
Australia opens applications for US$125m disaster mitigation grant
Third round of Disaster Ready Fund focuses on large-scale infrastructure that will deliver disaster risk mitigation, resilience and safety benefits and put downward pressure on insurance costs.
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- January 22 2025
APAC records nat cat insured losses at US$8bn in 2024, the lowest since 2012: Gallagher Re
Three events - China seasonal floods, Typhoon Yagi, and Japan’s Noto Peninsula Earthquake - drove 68% of economic losses, or US$88bn, in the region.
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- January 22 2025
Australia twin event losses to remain below major cat level, adjuster says
Carriers received 5,400+ claims from severe weather events on the east coast, while Cyclone Sean caused record rains and port disruptions in Western Australia.
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- January 21 2025
Crawford Australia expands large, complex claims offering with new hire
Simon Davies joins from rival McLarens, and will assume the role of executive adjuster.
