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- July 31 2025
Chubb promotes Brian Hogan to A&H head for ANZ
He brings 20 years of insurance experience, including over 14 years with Chubb across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.
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- July 28 2025
Jarrod Tilbrook joins Marsh ANZ as managing principal
March Australia and New Zealand has tapped the former Aon, WTW and Coverforce executive as its new managing principal.
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- July 28 2025
Delta Insurance promotes Natasha Plesnik to casualty manager
New Zealand-based Plesnik previously worked as a senior underwriter for the specialist underwriting agency.
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- July 24 2025
New Zealand brokers’ association names new CEO
Katherine Wilson is currently head of advocacy at the Property Council of New Zealand.
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- July 23 2025
Tower discontinues multi-policy discounts as efforts to fix errors falls short
Kiwi insurer says it had made significant investments to upgrade its systems and processes following regulatory action.
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- July 17 2025
Envest targets New Zealand expansion, winds up PSC Connect network offering
Envest Group says it will focus on building its branch network under the PSC Insurance Broking banner after the 'difficult decision' was made to wrap up the PSC Connect network after 13 years.
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- July 14 2025
‘Tough for communities’: New Zealanders begin clean-up again after latest severe weather
As of 2pm Sunday, AMI, State and NZI had received more than 150 claims from the weather event across home, contents, motor and commercial policies.
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- July 10 2025
Aon New Zealand appoints Adrienne Booth as executive director for transaction solutions
Booth returns to her native New Zealand having most recently been head of commercial law at Aon in the UK.
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- July 9 2025
Dual confirms new ANZ regional leadership line-up with dual promotions
Howden-owned MGA appoints Michael Ussher and Paula Sheppard-Jones as managing directors of Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
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- July 8 2025
Howden expands Pacific footprint with acquisition of Kiwi broker Sherpa
Acquisition of the Christchurch-based broker will complement and strengthen Howden’s combined broking business in New Zealand.
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- July 7 2025
AIG hires Allison Emery in newly created Pacific delegated underwriting authority lead role
Sydney-based Emery joins the insurer from Lockton, where she was head of market management and key partnerships.
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- July 2 2025
‘Reinsurers have been quite clear that they’re still looking to grow’: Gallagher Re’s Heather Bone
At the July 1 renewals, while supply was abundant, demand is falling given increasing consolidation in Australia’s insurance industry.
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- June 30 2025
Wild weather hits New Zealand, with ‘millions of dollars’ in damage from Nelson-Tasman rain, floods
IAG has received over 373 claims for home, contents, motor and commercial policies across Nelson, Tasman, Marlborough, Auckland, and other areas.
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- June 30 2025
Delta revamps operational structure, appoints Dinesh Murali as New Zealand CUO
Kiwi MGA also hands underwriting operations manager Simone Batty a new role as general manager of portfolio and distribution.
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- June 18 2025
WTW promotes Catherine Tait to New Zealand construction manager
Tait joined WTW in August as technical director for finex in New Zealand, having previously worked for the likes of Marsh, Willis and Aon.
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- June 18 2025
New Zealand ‘cannot afford’ to continue down current path as climate risks grow: IAG
IAG's 2025 climate change poll showed New Zealanders expect insurers to reflect the growing risk in the premiums of people who are exposed to natural hazards.
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- June 17 2025
Australia MGA Agile names Liz Geden as New Zealand head
Auckland-based Geden had joined from Delta Insurance in March.
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- June 17 2025
‘Quite orderly’ 1.7 ANZ renewals seeing double-digit rate cuts amid plentiful capacity
Reinsurers, though, have little appetite to reduce first loss retention levels, sources told InsuranceAsia News.
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- June 11 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower confirms Paul Johnston as CEO
Johnston, who has been interim CEO since February, will start in the new role from Wednesday.
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- June 9 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower strengthens tie-up with key external loss adjusting partner Sedgwick
Chief claims officer Steve Wilson says the partnership will provide Tower with additional support from Sedgwick’s loss adjusters across New Zealand and the Pacific.
