http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:28:46 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story0 AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE broking and underwriting agency Australian Consolidated Insurance Limited (ACIL) is making a reverse takeover deal that will see it gain further access to the New Zealand market by becoming part of an NZX listed entity. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story1 INSURANCE COMPANIES have tried hard to push up rates during the June renewals but with only mild success, brokers have told InsuranceNewsAustralia. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:26:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story2 MAJOR INSURERS have used the June renewals to cleanse their books and while they were not declining to renew business, they were standing firm on rates. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story3 BROOKVALE INSURANCE Brokers director Michael Olofinsky said the group had maintained the status quo during the June renewals but he was concerned about the future. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:24:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story4 MARSH HAS found that conditions in the Australian insurance market were relatively stable through the June renewal season. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:23:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story5 CENTREPOINT ALLIANCE is regaining and retaining support of its core insurance broker clients despite the ructions of the separation of premium funding arrangements with OAMPS. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:22:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story6 OAMPS INSURANCE Brokers premium funding facility will be offered by Monument Premium Funding from September 1 2009 adopting the name used by Crombie Lockwood insurance broking group in New Zealand. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story7 SMALL TO MEDIUM sized insurance brokers from Perth Western Australia to Nelson New Zealand are among finalists of The Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards this year. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story8 NEW AND former awards entrants attest their keenness for the 2009 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards showing up among the finalists announced yesterday. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:19:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story9 AUSTBROKERS HOLDINGS is raising the percentages in ownership, group spread and succession planning in a series of business expansions for the group. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story10 THE 2009 equity acquisitions and increases Austbrokers Holdings (AUB) has made so far this year will be funded ultimately by borrowings. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story11 AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED Insurance Limited has added 15,000 customers to its New Zealand clientele by acquiring Hamilton-based Classic Cover Insurance Limited. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story12 SUNCORPS CEO-ELECT English insurance executive Patrick Snowball grabbed the financial media headlines yesterday when Suncorp announced its choice to replace former CEO John Mulcahy and succeed acting CEO Chris Skilton. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story13 BANKING HAS been in Suncorp CEO-elect Patrick Snowballs resumé but not a major part of it during his 21 years in insurance. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story14 ACE INSURANCE has given sole directors and corporate officers a chance to protect themselves with a new DandO policy just for them. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story15 ACE AUSTRALIAS new Elite Side A Policy for directors and officers can stand apart from and independently of conventional directors and officers liability policies containing Sides A and B and Side C, if included in the policy, according to Grant Cairns of ACE. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:12:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story16 LUMLEY GENERAL began withdrawing from the Home Owners Warranty insurance market in Australia from last Wednesday July 1. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:11:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story17 THE MASTER Builders Association insurance arm MBA Insurance Services alerted its members that it has a strategic plan in place for such a withdrawal as Lumley from the home owners warranty insurance market. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:10:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story18 THE INSURANCE Council of Australia has declared that insurance supports efforts to improve Australias current system on managing repairable write-offs (RWOs) of vehicles. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:09:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story19 IN A MAJOR move on global credit and surety markets, QBE has announced that its group general manager for credit and surety Richard Wulff will report to Terry Ibbotson, CEO of QBE Australia. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:08:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story20 ONE OF THE most widely-known figures in Australias insurance sector John Trowbridge has been reappointed as Member at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:07:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story21 ALLIANZ SE and the World Wildlife Fund have put the heat on the G8 nations for failing to take sufficient action to protect the world against climate change. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:06:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story22 THE VICTORIAN bushfire royal commission is likely to recommend big changes to the way Victorians receive information about life threatening fires by next summer. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story23 A BAD PRESS has not shaken the faith of the Willis groups European-based Renewables team in offshore wind energy projects. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:04:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story24 AON CORPORATION certainly has plans for expansion outside the United States. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story25 BRIT INSURANCE is expected to do well this year from improved rates within its global markets and reinsurance business units despite intense competition in some classes of business. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:02:46 +0000