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- January 14 2026
Exclusive: Gallagher Re taps Aon’s Grant Hollyman as CEO for Australia and New Zealand
Sydney-based Hollyman takes over from Heather Bone, who has left the broker for a reinsurance role at Allianz Australia.
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- January 13 2026
Suncorp hit by US$885m natural hazards bill in H1 FY26
Suncorp has confirmed that its natural hazard costs in H1 FY26 will exceed its US$581 million budget.
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- January 12 2026
QBE New Zealand appoints James Sommerville as head of strategic partnerships
Auckland-based Sommerville joins following over 10 years at WTW, last holding the position of manager for affinity since September 2021.
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- January 12 2026
Victoria bushfires losses rise with 350 buildings destroyed, 15,000 livestock lost
Fires have been raging since last week, mostly in Victoria, but also in New South Wales.
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- January 11 2026
ICA declares ‘significant event’ for Victoria bushfires
Blazes have torn through more than 300,000 hectares of bushland, destroying more than 130 properties, including homes, and leaving thousands without power.
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- January 11 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Koji
Claims period will end on Tuesday at 10:00am Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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- January 8 2026
Australia braced for ‘catastrophic’ fire dangers, temperatures could hit 47 degrees Celsius
Total fire ban in place across the entire state of Victoria, most of South Australia, and four districts of New South Wales on Friday.
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- January 8 2026
QBE promotes Dean O’Connell to head of trade finance solutions
Sydney-based O'Connell has been with QBE for almost seven years.
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- January 8 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Jenna
It is the fourth cyclone of Australia’s storm season after tropical cyclones Fina, Grant, and Hayley.
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- January 8 2026
Late‑November storms to cost Australian insurers US$1.78bn: Perils
Figure covers property and motor hull losses for the severe convective storms in Queensland and New South Wales between November 21 and 27.
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- January 8 2026
McLarens names dual heads for Australian forensic accounting amid leadership succession
Jane Amling and Paul Sheehy will take up joint leadership roles as heads of forensic accounting for financial lines and business interruption, respectively, coinciding with the planned retirement of Martin Miller.
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- January 7 2026
Anthony Wall joins Cowbell as head of underwriting
Veteran cyber underwriter joins from AIG in Sydney.
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- January 6 2026
Swiss Re CorSo Australia taps Allianz’s Sean McCaffrey as senior property underwriter
Sydney-based McCaffrey previously worked at Allianz Australia for almost 15 years, most recently as a senior property underwriter.
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- January 6 2026
ARPC declares cyclone event for Tropical Cyclone Jenna in the Indian Ocean
Fourth cyclone of Australia’s storm season is not expected to impact Indian Ocean territories or the Western Australia mainland.
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- January 6 2026
IAG integrates RACQI into cat reinsurance program
RACQI is now covered by IAG's main catastrophe cover, whole of account quota share (WAQS) arrangements, and aggregate stop-loss protection.
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- January 6 2026
Tesh Patel joins Canopius to lead ANZ distribution
Sydney-based Patel was most recently managing director of Delta Insurance Australia.
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- January 5 2026
Fac reinsurance MGA Pinnacle Underwriting promotes Benjamin Mogford to ANZ head of property
Melbourne-based Mogfold joined Pinnacle in 2022 as deputy head of property and energy for ANZ following his over four-year stint at Zurich.
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- January 5 2026
AIG taps Chubb’s Ryan Spettigue as client and broker engagement head in Australia
He spent the last 14 years at Chubb, most recently as national relationship manager for its global brokers strategy in Australia.
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- January 2 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours
It had passed the remote Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean last week.
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- December 31 2025
Tropical Cyclone Hayley hits Western Australia, ARPC declares end of event
Multiple severe weather warnings have also been issued for New Year's Eve in Queensland.
