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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.
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- July 20 2023
Tower warns of potential loss in FY 2023 due to challenging claims environment
The Kiwi carrier’s large events allowance of NZ$50m has depleted to NZ$10.5m for the remainder of the year to September 30, 2023.
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- July 19 2023
APAC braces for escalating droughts, increased bushfires as El Niño develops: Gallagher Re
The first half of 2023 saw above-average nat cat losses with APAC accounting for 12% of an estimated US$138bn of global economic losses.
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- July 18 2023
Gallagher acquires Queensland broker Thompson Insurance
This is the second acquisition in the Sunshine Coast region which is anticipating higher economic development.
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- July 18 2023
Arch Australia strengthens property team with Allianz hire
Sydney-based Nick Wood has been appointed national property underwriting manager with responsibility for Australia and the Pacific region.
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- July 18 2023
Australia’s Rhodian launches its first underwriting agency
Halo Underwriting is a property and liability MGA backed by Lloyd’s which offers cover for specialty risks for SMEs and the mid-market.
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- July 17 2023
Greensill administrator sues IAG for US$2.25bn over Liberty Steel dues: report
The Germany-based administrator claimed that any amount not repaid by Liberty should be recoverable under the insurance from the Australian insurer.
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- July 12 2023
Zurich in APAC leadership shake-up
Sean Walker and Liam Burrell to take on senior APAC commercial roles, Reginald Peacock becomes head of marketing development for Zurich Resilience Solutions, and Alex Morgan to head GI for Australia and NZ.
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- July 12 2023
Allianz Australia to reorganise corporate structure
As part of the overhaul, the portfolio that was part of the erstwhile Westpac General Insurance will be transferred to the parent.
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- July 10 2023
Lloyd’s syndicate Probitas 1492 to cease insuring Adani’s Australian mine
Once the existing policies expire in the next quarter, the carrier will not provide insurance support in the future for any ancillary or associated activities.
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- July 10 2023
Opinion: Australia’s cyclone pool helps ease pressure on cat limits
ACRP is set to assume more than 90% of the market’s cyclone exposure for household, strata and small business property policies.
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- July 7 2023
IAG reduces aggregate cover and increases retentions in July 1 renewals
The Sydney-based insurer purchased aggregate, third and fourth event reinsurance covers for FY 2024.
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- July 7 2023
Hannover Re and IAG renew 2.5% quota share
The new arrangement is effective from July 1, 2023, and has a term of five years.
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- July 6 2023
Cyclone Seroja damages at US$270m for Western Australia: ICA
With more than 10,000 claims from the 2021 event, the closing rate is 95.9%.
