Charles Taylor has appointed Mr Andrew Milne as Managing Director in Australia
Marsh Re has announced the appointments of Mr James Beedle to its Pacific board of directors, subject to regulatory approval, and Mr Justin Ward as CEO of APAC.
A new submission to a Australian Parliamentary Inquiry has said scrapping the extra private health insurance rebates given to older Australians would make the nation's health system fairer.
In collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF), Suncorp has developed a new industry-standard training and certification training programme to better support home claims suppliers and subcontractors in maintaining compliance.
Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Mr Trevor Madden as Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions for APAC, effective 1 November 2026.
Zurich Singapore has appointed Mr Dylan Bryant as Head of Zurich Multinational and Captives, APAC, and Mr Patrick Fyson as Head of Property, Asia.
The Australian financial services regulator Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has said that home insurers may be leaving Australians exposed to higher repair costs by using cash settlements in a significant percentage of claims.
The cost of rebuilding homes in Australia after extreme weather events is rising faster than inflation with the biggest increases concentrated in the materials and trades needed most after disasters, according to a new analysis by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
Descartes Underwriting, a global provider of corporate parametric (re)insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), the business unit of Generali Group providing insurance solutions and services to medium and large companies in more than 180 countries, have renewed their strategic partnership.