Industry Segments: Brokers Page 26 / 58
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- September 8 2023
Howden snaps up Auckland-based IUNZ
Insurance Underwriters NZ operates as a financial advice provider for Apex Insurance, dealing with Tower Insurance products.
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- September 6 2023
Howden bulks up New Zealand operations with Apex Insurance buy
The deal bolsters the global broker's corporate and SME presence in the country alongside Wallace McLean and Howden Broking NZ.
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- September 6 2023
Marsh appoints Josh Roach as Pacific CEO
Roach will oversee Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea from January 2024 as Nick Harris takes on the UK retail CEO role.
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- September 6 2023
Exclusive: Nova Insurance promotes Patrick Chan, hires Joseph Lee
Chan joined the Hong Kong broker two decades ago, while Lee was most recently distribution officer at Blue-Cross Asia Pacific.
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- September 6 2023
Ausure concludes two acquisitions in Australia
David Summers, Travis Hargreaves and Nathan Wicks manage Ausure group, which has over 330 authorised representatives.
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- September 5 2023
Vincent Banton joins Aon as Asia head of construction and infrastructure
Singapore-based Banton reports to Asia head of commercial risks Paul Young and joins the global construction and infrastructure leadership team.
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- August 31 2023
Howden takes Marsh’s Melvin Lim as divisional director for APAC construction team build out
Singapore-based Lim will work closely with head of construction Leon Chan and head of natural resources Matthew Savitt.
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- August 31 2023
Francis Savari lands UIB Asia Reinsurance Brokers CEO role as Hiroki Miyamoto moves to London
Singapore-based treaty specialist Savari (pictured left) joins the broker as Miyamoto aims to help facilitate Japanese client business from the UK.
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- August 29 2023
Howden taps Aon’s Abhijit Sethi for India chief operating officer role
Sethi, who was chief broking officer for Aon, will oversee pan-India placements, and has been tasked to optimise business operations for the broker.
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- August 24 2023
PSC Insurance founder Paul Dwyer to become chairman as Brian Austin takes on Asia role
Austin will remain on the board as deputy chairman and become chair of the broker’s Asian businesses as profits start to flow in Hong Kong.
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- August 23 2023
Miller promotes Nigel Cross to Asia fac head, hands Matthew Hooker expanded role
Hooker will head client strategy in the region, while Cross, who steps down as head of Singapore, will assume an additional role leading the broker's regional underwriting market engagement.
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- August 23 2023
WTW appoints Adrian Chua as regional managing director for captives
Singapore-based Chua joins from Cigna Singapore, where he was the chief strategy officer.
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- August 23 2023
PSC Insurance’s 2023 net profits up 23% to US$50m
The ASX-listed broker's Australia and New Zealand distribution business placed US$740m in GWP.
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- August 22 2023
AUB announces global restructure as Tysers CEO exits
AUB Group CEO Mike Emmett to become Tysers interim chief executive as the broker seeks to appoint heads of global retail, wholesale broking and underwriting agencies to align Australia, NZ and the UK operations.
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- August 22 2023
BMS names Tim Hewitt as head of Japan
Hewitt, who has two decades of legal experience, will focus on inbound-outbound M&A activity as growth in the Japanese market accelerates.
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- August 22 2023
AUB Group’s net profit zooms 74% in FY 2023
The Sydney-headquartered broker’s group revenues crossed the billion-Australian-dollar mark as Tysers’ earnings exceed forecasts.
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- August 21 2023
Marsh swoops on Australia’s Honan Insurance
The TA Associates-backed specialist broker has reportedly been valued at US$450m.
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- August 21 2023
Australia’s broker commission disclosure debate heats up
While some brokers are already using fees, industry body NIBA says its changes to the code of conduct is the first step towards 'self-regulation'.
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- August 17 2023
Steadfast registers strong FY revenue, profit boost; eyes A$445m of M&A ‘opportunities’
The Australian group's broking arm saw 12.7% of organic growth as the division contributed A$891.6m of revenue, up 24.5% over FY 2022.
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- August 17 2023
Exclusive: Ted Hodgkinson exits BMS — sources
IAN understands the Hong Kong-based Asia chairman has left the global broker.
