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- August 9 2023
MGA Delta Insurance hires D&O specialist
Glenn Dawson is based in Auckland and will assume the role of senior underwriter and D&O product manager.
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- August 8 2023
Australian loss adjuster ANA sells stake to vrs Vering
ANA Chartered Loss Adjusters will be rebranded as vrs ANA with managing director Jaye Kumar to oversee the newly established vrs Asia Pacific.
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- August 4 2023
Perils revises New Zealand floods loss close to NZ$2bn
This latest estimate compares to NZ$1.65bn in its first loss report six weeks after the event.
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- August 2 2023
Crawford’s Jonathan Hubbard to replace Tim Jarman as Australia president
The senior technical adjuster is set to start the role on August 21, with Jarman retiring at the end of the year.
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- August 2 2023
Chubb reshuffles senior Asia Pacific P&C leadership
Chris Gough is leading P&C lines in Asia and Hayden Baker has taken over Gough's role as head of P&C for Australia & New Zealand.
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- August 1 2023
Asia saw ‘double-digit’ D&O price decreases in Q2 as cyber rose 8%: Marsh
Composite insurance pricing in the region was flat as hikes in property and cyber were offset by a decline in casualty and financial and professional lines rates.
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- August 1 2023
Australia’s SGUA approved as Lloyd’s coverholder
A specialist in residential investment properties since 1991, SGUA will leverage the Lloyd’s market from August 1 onwards.
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- July 31 2023
Nautilus Marine acquires SPT Insurance’s personal watercraft portfolio
The marine specialist MGA had entered into a business partnership a year ago with SPT to manage and underwrite this portfolio.
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- July 31 2023
Ben Carey to join Chubb as APAC head of field operations
Carey, who is leaving Everest Insurance, will start the newly created role in Q1 2024 and be based in Singapore.
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- July 27 2023
Pacific International acquires 5.82% stake in Tower for US$8m
The Australian carrier acquired 22 million shares in the Kiwi general insurer.
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- July 27 2023
Steadfast, PSC among bidders for TA Associates’ Honan exit: report
The Goldman Sachs-run broker sale collected non-binding indicative offers from trade players and buyout firms for a deal that could be valued up to US$400m.
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- July 27 2023
Axa XL bolsters Australian distribution team with Allianz hire
Melbourne-based Michael Eastmure will be Axa XL’s client and distribution leader.
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- July 25 2023
Insurance Brands Australia acquires Melbourne Insurance Brokers
MIB, sold by Mark Perree, will start operating under Steadfast-owned Insurance House brand name.
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- July 24 2023
Allianz Commercial launches in Asia and Australia
The merged division will have 11 regions with Asia led by Christian Sandric and Australia by Phuong Ly.
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- July 24 2023
HDI Global hires Nathan Jones as property, mining underwriting manager for western region
Perth-based Jones joins from Suncorp, where he worked for the past 13 years
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- July 24 2023
Chubb promotes Adrian Habils to Asia head of property
Habils, who is currently deputy property manager for Chubb, Australia and NZ, will be based in Singapore and have an interim reporting line to Paul McNamee, APAC regional president.
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- July 24 2023
ACCC delays Suncorp bank sale decision again
The decision by the regulator about the proposed ANZ takeover will now take place a week later on August 4.
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- July 21 2023
AIG hires Chubb’s APAC P&C head as Australia CEO
Grant Cairns will also become head of Australia and New Zealand from the beginning of November and will report to Chris Colahan, AIG's APAC leader.
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- July 21 2023
Opinion: Australian flood inquiry needs to broaden scope to probe impact of state taxes, land use rules
A shortage of expert assessors, building labour and materials constraints, and the complexity of recovery and resilience programmes delivered by state governments exacerbate problems.
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- July 20 2023
QBE raises FY 2023 cat budget to US$1.33bn
The insurer currently expects H1 2023 net catastrophe costs of around US$700m compared to an original budget of US$535m.
