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- March 30 2022
TigerRisk enters Australia, the Pacific
The global reinsurance broker has hired veteran Simon Chandler.
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- March 18 2022
New Zealand introduces nat cat Bill for disaster response
The move helps clarify the current Earthquake Commission Act and takes lessons from 2010-11.
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- March 9 2022
Lockton (re)insurance arm targets Australia, NZ with former Willis Re execs
John Philipsz, Russell Hails and Max Garratt have joined the broker's advisory team in Sydney.
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- March 8 2022
MGA Fusion bolsters M&A with Singapore, Sydney and HK hires
Danielle Eliatamby, Lillian Chau and Sabrina Chia all have law firm backgrounds.
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- March 3 2022
FMG supported by pricing strategy, investment returns: AM Best
The rural insurer had positive underwriting results in the first nine months of FY 2022.
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- February 24 2022
Delta Insurance re-engages with Asia
The MGA shelved its Asia plans when Covid-19 arrived - now they're back.
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- February 15 2022
Delta Insurance expands into Australia
The MGA is initially offering professional indemnity, cyber and commercial liability cover.
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- February 8 2022
Suncorp’s profit dips as H1 nat cat claims soar
Insurance arm in Australia saw profits fall by more than half to US$81.3m.
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- February 4 2022
QBE Australia Pacific appoints chief underwriting officer
Andrew Ziolkowski was most recently at New South Wales' icare.
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- January 26 2022
Wotton + Kearney bolsters disputes team with DLA Piper hires
Experienced partners Peter Leman, Caroline Laband and Misha Henaghan start in February.
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- December 22 2021
NZ extreme weather claims hit record high
Insurers have paid out US$206m in 2021 so far with home and contents accounting for around two-thirds of the total.
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- December 10 2021
New Zealand’s July storm bill hits US$96m: ICNZ
The association said this figure is a 15% increase from its previous report in September.
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- December 2 2021
AIA appoints former Sun Life president as Asia chief
Leo Grepin will also lead group strategy and corporate development effective January 3.
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- November 30 2021
Lockton New Zealand appoints former WTW exec as CEO
Peter Lowe has joined the global broker in Auckland this week.
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- November 25 2021
New Zealand’s Tower sees net profit climb 72% in FY2021
The frequency of large house claims, predominantly driven by fires, continued to increase in the second half of the year.
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- November 12 2021
HDI Global Specialty focuses on growth after Hannover Re deal
The specialty player has seen premiums grow from around US$1.1bn to US$2.9bn since 2018.
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- November 9 2021
Tower appoints QBE exec as chief claims officer
Steve Wilson is leaving the Australian firm after over five years and joining the New Zealand insurer in January.
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- November 4 2021
Howden expands into New Zealand and appoints MD
René Hattingh, who has worked at Donaldson Brown and Marsh, joins as managing director.
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- November 4 2021
WTW appoints head of New Zealand
Auckland-based Michael Brown has been serving as interim country leader since May.
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- November 4 2021
AMP’s US$391m Resolution Life Australasia stake sale sees life exit
The deal represents a continuing movement away from insurance by Australia's banks.
