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- September 25 2026
Scor adds Clint Darling as construction underwriter in Australia
Sydney-based Darling most recently spent over nine years with Aon, where he has been a client manager since July 2017.
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- September 25 2026
IAG reaches settlement with Credit Suisse over Greensill Capital collapse
Financial terms were not disclosed, although the aggregate value of the claims by Credit Suisse, which is now part of UBS, was US$2bn plus interest.
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- September 23 2026
Louise Austin makes ‘bittersweet’ move to Hannover Re as senior underwriter for Australian fac cas
Sydney-based Austin joins from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, where she had been a senior commercial underwriter since September 2024.
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- September 23 2026
Chubb’s Darren Cook joins Delta Insurance Australia as a financial lines underwriting manager
He was most recently domain lead for digital partnerships having joined Chubb in November 2012 as an underwriting analyst.
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- September 23 2026
Lockton appoints Arthur Wong as Pacific head of analytics
He joins Lockton following more than a decade at Marsh.
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- September 23 2026
IAG to seek public benefits approval after competition watchdog halts RAC Insurance acquisition
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the deal would likely substantially lessen competition in the supply of motor, home and contents insurance in Western Australia, while IAG says it would create long-term benefits for members, customers and communities.
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- September 22 2026
QBE Australia adds James Butchart as national marine, aviation portfolio specialist
He was previously head of marine for Zurich Australia, where he spent over 14 years.
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- September 22 2026
Jonathan Groves succeeds Sue Houghton as QBE’s Australia Pacific CEO
He has been with QBE in various senior roles for 13 years, including Pacific region CEO.
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- September 21 2026
Aviso Specialty taps Thomas Delaney as head of corporate
He had been at Marsh for 10 years across Australia and New Zealand.
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- September 21 2026
IAG denies Greensill settlement with Credit Suisse
Australian insurer says it has yet to reach a settlement in the multi‑billion‑dollar lawsuit, responding to an Australian Financial Review report that parties had struck an out‑of‑court deal.
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- September 21 2026
Canopius bolsters APAC leadership team with senior claims, underwriting appointments
Specialty and P&C (re)insurer appoints Richard Adamczyk as senior claims manager for Australia and New Zealand, alongside Louise Wai as APAC head of property, direct and facultative, and Jack Hullah as APAC head of credit and political risk.
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- September 16 2026
Evan Moore joins Lockton Australia as head of real estate
Sydney-based Moore joins from Zurich, where he led property, marine and technical lines for its general insurance business in Australia.
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- September 15 2026
Jack Morecroft joins Marsh as cyber managing principal in Australia
Melbourne-based Morecroft joins from Gallagher, where he had been since January 2022 in London and Melbourne.
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- September 15 2026
BMS Group appoints Anna Capone as national head of general claims for Australia
She joins from McLardy McShane Insurance Advisors, having also previously worked for KBI and Knightcorp Insurance Brokers.
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- September 15 2026
Allianz Commercial confirms Steve Williams as head of liability underwriting
He has been with Allianz for over 15 year and had stepped into the acting head of liability role in October.
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- September 14 2026
Specialist Risk Group Australia appoints Josh Lauren as managing partner
Perth-based Lauren joins the broker following a year-long career break, having previously spent nine years at Empire Insurance Group (now Marsh).
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- September 14 2026
Willis promotes Will Sare to lead Australia P&C business
Stephen Trickey will also take on an expanded role supporting sales activity across the Pacific, while continuing as head of growth for the region.
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- September 11 2026
Munich Re adds Joy Wang to Australia team
She joins Munich Re in Sydney following a strint at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
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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.
