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- July 5 2023
BMS snaps up Brisbane-based broker Bluebook
This is the global broker’s sixth Australian acquisition in the past 12 months.
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- July 4 2023
Suncorp drops aggregate cover, increases retentions and pays more at 1.7 renewals
The combined cost of the FY 2024 catastrophe reinsurance premiums and the natural hazard allowance is expected to increase by approximately A$250m or 12% from FY 2023.
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- July 4 2023
Tower continues Pacific restructuring with sale of Solomon Islands unit
Trans Pacific Assurance, which acquired the business, will retain the Kiwi carrier's staff and aims to complete the deal in 2023.
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- July 4 2023
Australia sees 25% rate hikes, higher retention levels at 1.7 renewals
Although the market has had more capacity coming in from cyclone reinsurance pool, the uncertainty in the lower layers has led to higher retention and increased attachment return periods.
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- July 4 2023
RACQ joins Australian cyclone reinsurance pool
The carrier's statement said that while it supported the pool, its design and implementation of the current model will only deliver marginal benefits to members living in the north.
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- July 3 2023
New capital, moderated demand lead to orderly 1.7 renewals: Gallagher Re
There were significant year-on-year rate increases and reinsurers sought to bring terms and conditions in line 1.1 and 1.4 renewals.
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- July 3 2023
IAG-backed CGU and ANZ enter bancassurance deal
The partnership will see the personal lines insurer underwrite home, landlord and motor insurance products for the bank's retail customers.
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- June 30 2023
Australian court fines IAG record US$26.5m for pricing misconduct
The insurer said that it will pay the penalty from the A$123m customer refund provision made earlier this financial year.
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- June 30 2023
Suncorp joins Australia’s cyclone reinsurance pool
All new and renewal policies for home, strata, landlord and small business property insurance across the group’s brands, including AAMI, Apia and Vero, will now access the pool.
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- June 30 2023
Aviso Broking promotes Paul McLean to chief distribution officer
McLean (pictured) was elevated in a recent management restructuring programme that formed a new executive team, following the Ardonagh buyout.
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- June 29 2023
RACQ withdraws from Queensland CTP scheme
This decision follows a long-standing demand from the insurer to fix the scheme's lack of ‘equitable distribution of risk’.
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- June 28 2023
Everest Insurance hires Marsh veteran to head APAC
Sydney-based Scott Leney will oversee business strategy and portfolios both in Asia and the Pacific and report to Everest Insurance International co-heads Adam Clifford and Jason Keen.
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- June 28 2023
Opinion: When algorithms fail – the Australian pricing debacle
The ASIC review, which blames overreliance on technology, offers a cautionary tale for the wider (re)insurance markets.
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- June 27 2023
Arch Australia hires Katrina Palmer as senior underwriter
Brisbane-based Palmer is a financial lines specialist and will report to Steven Gaitanis.
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- June 26 2023
360 Underwriting hires IAG senior executive
Sydney-based Natalie Kaczanowski joins the AUB-owned MGA as national underwriting manager.
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- June 23 2023
RiskPoint bolsters APAC M&A team with ex-AIG hire
Sydney-based Diana Hu joins as underwriting director and will work with Maria Steeples, the MGA’s regional managing director and head of M&A.
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- June 23 2023
Australian carriers to return US$550m to customers after regulatory crackdown on pricing misconduct
IAG will pay US$300m and RACQ return US$150m after the ASIC intervention found 'systemic failure by insurers to deliver on their pricing promises'.
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- June 23 2023
Australasia cyber talent pool widens amid more buyers and high limits
Insurers are fast expanding their cyber underwriting teams in the region due to rising vulnerability to cyber-attacks and growing demand.
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- June 23 2023
Insurers settle US$670m from US$1.9bn of claims from twin disasters: ICNZ
General insurers in the country received 107,569 claims from the flooding event in Auckland and Cyclone Gabrielle.
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- June 21 2023
‘Surprise’ losses put pressure on pricing for New Zealand renewals
Cedents and reinsurers alike are seeking to come to terms with a shifting threat landscape, especially where cat-exposures are concerned.
