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- June 5 2025
Australian insurers faced with US$1.9bn bill after triple whammy: JBA
February's north Queensland floods, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, and the ongoing Mid North Coast and Hunter Regions floods in New South Wales have caused widespread damage.
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- June 4 2025
Chubb veteran Bilal Chohan joins Everest Insurance to ‘kick off’ risk engineering practice
Sydney-based Chohan will focus on property, energy, and construction portfolios covering local and international markets.
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- June 4 2025
McLarens acquires Melbourne-based boutique loss adjuster
Property & Forensic Assessing boosts McLarens’ construction, commercial property, and financial loss capabilities.
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- June 4 2025
‘Exposed and vulnerable’: Australia’s wine industry in need of innovative solutions to cork protection gap
Parametric insurance is emerging as a viable alternative to traditional covers, addressing critical gaps for both large vineyards and single-vintage producers, according to underwriters and industry bodies.
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- June 3 2025
NSW floods claims top 8,700 as residents face ‘uncertain future’
Over 78% of claims are related to property, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- June 3 2025
‘Pivotal moment’ as Allianz Australia’s sale of Hunter Premium Funding is finalised
Allianz had agreed to sell Hunter to Pemba Capital Partners in December.
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- June 2 2025
AIG appoints Celina Ennis as ANZ head of operations
Ennis joins from Allianz, where she was national manager for quality assurance since July 2021.
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- June 2 2025
Canopius boosts APAC casualty, financial lines teams with dual promotions
Brodie English has been promoted as head of casualty for Australia and New Zealand, succeeding Craig Elliot, while Rob Barnum has been named head of financial lines for APAC.
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- May 30 2025
Zurich names Suncorp’s Morris Garsin as head of claims excellence for ANZ
Sydney-based Garsin will assume the role in August.
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- May 30 2025
‘No protection’: 9 out of 10 farmers affected by NSW flood are uninsured
Insurers have received 7,383 claims related to floods as of Friday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, although farmers are unable to obtain flood cover, according to an insurance adviser in one of the hardest-hit towns.
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- May 29 2025
‘Recovery doesn’t happen overnight’: NSW floods claims top 7,000
Claims related to the Mid North Coast and Hunter Regions floods have risen to 7,014 on Thursday, up from 6,109 on Wednesday.
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- May 28 2025
NSW floods claims jump 20%, clean up and recovery expected to be long-term
Insurers have received more than 6,000 claims relating to the Mid North Coast and Hunter region floods as of Wednesday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
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- May 28 2025
Markel Australia launches FI solutions, begins with expanded finpro cover for investment managers
Team will be co-led by senior underwriters Lan Pham, based in Melbourne, and Daisy Galvin, who has transferred to Sydney from London.
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- May 28 2025
Aon promotes Mary-Catherine Hamill to head of construction in Australia
She has been with Aon for over nine and a half years, most recently as specialty solutions placement leader.
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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 27 2025
Insurance catastrophe declared as NSW floods claims near 5,000
Mid North Coast and Hunter flooding event has impacted communities since last week.
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- May 26 2025
‘If it’s flooded, forget it’: as deadly NSW floods recede, claims jump with 10,000 properties damaged
Insurers have received more than 4,100 claims as of Monday after rainfall and flooding hit the region last week.
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- May 26 2025
QBE Insurance gets rating upgrade on improved underwriting and pricing discipline: S&P Global
The insurer, which reported a COR of 93.1% in 2024, is reducing exposure to peak perils, de-risking exposure to non-core line reserves and plans to run-off non-core middle market business.
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- May 26 2025
Cornerstone Risk Group expands sport, entertainment team with director hire
Russell McCauley will lead the line for the Ardonagh Group-backed Australian insurance broker.
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- May 26 2025
Chubb’s ANZ head of global brokers to retire after 41-year career
John French, who also holds the additional role of colleague development ambassador for ANZ, has worked at Chubb in APAC for 28 years.
