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- February 13 2023
Auckland floods and Turkey earthquake add pressure on upcoming renewals
Recent disasters are likely to trigger reinsurance payouts and add to the capacity woes and rate increases that's been vexing renewals.
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- February 13 2023
Powerful Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand
The strongest storm in decades is causing widespread damage to North Island, which is recovering from recent flooding that is expected to cost insurers and reinsurers over US$600m.
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- February 10 2023
Lockton appoints ex-JLT Australasian CEO as Pacific president
Leo Demer will work closely with Paul Marsden, Lockton’s CEO (Australia and Pacific) and starts on February 13 in Sydney.
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- February 9 2023
Tower ‘likely’ to buy reinstatement cover as Auckland floods set to trigger reinsurance
The New Zealand carrier has so far seen over 4,800 claims from the weather event and has a cat excess of US$7.5m.
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- February 9 2023
Auckland floods could be ‘1-in-250 year’ event: Suncorp NZ
"The significance of this event has reached the corridors of global reinsurers," says CEO Jimmy Higgins.
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- February 8 2023
Suncorp misses H1 cat allowance by US$69m, books 94.5% Australia COR
Australian insurance profits rose 142%, helped by a US$104m Covid BI provision release.
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- February 7 2023
WTW appoints Nicky Eveleigh as New Zealand P&C leader
Based in Auckland, Eveleigh reports to the broker's country leader Michael Brown.
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- February 2 2023
20,000 claims lodged from Auckland flooding: ICNZ
A ICNZ spokesperson has told IAN that the number of claims "will continue to rise" from the "biggest climate event to have ever hit" New Zealand.
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- February 1 2023
New Zealand’s insurers reel from country’s ‘worst-ever’ climate catastrophe
As adjusters start work, hundreds of million of dollars of claims are expected, including significant commercial damage.
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- January 30 2023
Suncorp, Tower and IAG assessing over 9,000 claims from historic Auckland flooding
As assessors fly in from Australia, many more claims are expected after record rainfall on January 27 caused widespread damage.
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- January 20 2023
Aon hires New Zealand CEO from Fidelity Life
Melissa Cantell, the life insurer's CEO, will start in June and is replacing Geoff Blampied who will stay on as executive chairman.
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- January 10 2023
New Zealand Cyclone Hale likely be a ‘one-in-20-year’ weather event
The extratropical cyclone has hit Northland and Auckland with about a month's worth of rain over the past 24 hours.
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- January 3 2023
New Zealand urges homeowners to buy property cover after record 3,300 claims
The Earthquake Commission said that event claims in 2022 doubled over the last four years.
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- December 15 2022
New Zealand Provident Insurance combined ratio 93%: AM Best
Lower usage of vehicles during Covid resulted in less motor claims and led to better underwriting results.
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- December 15 2022
New Zealand 2022 extreme weather claims top US$216m
The country experienced “wave after wave of extreme wet weather” during the warmest and wettest winter on record.
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- December 12 2022
AUB merges New Zealand broking arm with ICIB
ICIB BrokerWeb Insurance and Risk Advisory to be led by ICIB managing director Grant Milne and will be NZ's fifth largest broker.
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- December 8 2022
Coherent promotes Helen Attenborough to Australia and NZ CEO
The COO retains her current role and relocates to the insurtech’s new Sydney base.
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- December 5 2022
Suncorp New Zealand hires Tower underwriting head
Nicholas Meister has joined the Australian insurer's arm as executive manager for broker business and channel partnerships.
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- November 30 2022
Aon shakes up APAC reinsurance leadership
Robert De Souza to take charge as regional president, Reinsurance Solutions and John Carroll to succeed him as Australia and New Zealand CEO.
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- November 24 2022
Tower’s FY 2022 COR improves to 90.1% but profits slip
The company said the strengthening of Canterbury earthquake reserves and a customer remediation provision impacted results.
