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- March 24 2025
Allianz Australia appoints 25-year veteran Julie Mitchell as chief commercial GM
Allianz also appoints Anna Stavropoulos as its new chief people and culture officer.
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- March 24 2025
Steadfast restructures leadership team as COO departs
Nigel Fitzgerald will step down on July 1, with Noelene Palmer taking over the role, while Tim Mathieson has been promoted to CEO of Australasia broking.
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- March 21 2025
Australia’s Network Insurance Group, Insurance House name new COO
Brisbane-based Cath Whitaker was most recently director for strategy and risk at Auto & General Australia.
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- March 20 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 74,000, insurer extends pet coverage
Queensland remains the most affected area, with about 69,000 claims following the event earlier this month.
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- March 20 2025
Aon appoints Kevan Johnston CEO of Australia
Sydney-based Johnston succeeds Jennifer Richards, who has been appointed Asia Pacific CEO.
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- March 19 2025
Review panel urges Australian insurers to implement General Insurance Code recommendations on pricing
The ICA, in its action plan released earlier this week, had disagreed with pricing-related recommendations of the independent panel’s final report.
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- March 18 2025
Cyclone Alfred insured losses to reach US$1.6bn, flood modeller predicts
JBA says 'previous concerns about a high number of severe wind damage claims were not realised' following the event earlier this month.
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- March 17 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 63,000, but event ‘not as significant as first feared’
Insurance Council of Australia also releases its Industry Action Plan, which outlines the industry’s position on the remaining recommendations from the Parliamentary Flood Inquiry and the independent review of the industry’s Code of Practice.
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- March 17 2025
Just the tip of a liability iceberg as PFAS risks become apparent, but legal reform roadblocks remain
Firms are set to be drawn into litigation, but changes to the law in Australia are unlikely as they could potentially open the government to significant risks, according to a Sydney-based lawyer.
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- March 14 2025
Crawford promotes Brendan Ames in Australia
He has been handed the role of strata strategic partnership manager and senior loss adjuster, having been with Crawford since February 2020.
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- March 14 2025
Queensland flood insured losses reach US$103m
Insurers have received more than 7,600 claims following the severe weather and flooding earlier this month, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- March 13 2025
‘We will act’: Opposition leader Peter Dutton clarifies policy on breaking up big insurance companies
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also weighs in on this issue, agreeing that insurance companies are 'ripping off' Australians.
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- March 13 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 44,000, road to recovery expected to be long
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) CEO Andrew Hall also seeks to 'push past politicking around insurers and insurance companies'.
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- March 13 2025
Carbon specialist Kita expands into Australia
Chaucer-backed Lloyd's coverholder had entered Singapore in January last year.
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- March 12 2025
Cyclone Alfred payouts top US$1.5m as claims surge 50%
Economic and insured loss impacts expected to reach 'at least into the hundreds of millions', according to Aon.
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- March 12 2025
Canopius’ APAC premiums grow 28% to US$377m in FY24
Lloyd's insurer's APAC COR in the region deteriorated 5.5 percentage points year-on-year to 92.1%.
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- March 12 2025
Opinion: As APAC’s nat cat bill rises along with the nerves of insurers, is it time for governments to lend a hand?
Commercial (re)insurance market across Asia-Pacific faces an increasing severity and frequency of climate-related risks, which are seen as the defining challenge of our time, with stakes particularly high for the region.
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- March 11 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims ‘spike’ to over 22,000 as clean-up begins
Majority from Queensland, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, with claims from New South Wales set to increase in coming days.
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- March 11 2025
‘Significant’ claims in the thousands expected from Cyclone Alfred, could add to premium pressure despite downgrade
Impact zone of 'wide-ranging event' spans over 500km, covering heavily populated areas between southeast Queensland and parts of northern New South Wales, with over 9,000 claims already lodged.
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- March 10 2025
Marsh Australia appoints Kevin Duggan as principal
Prior to joining Marsh, Duggan worked at home and auto insurance agency Nsure for almost five years.
