Platinum IB header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'News'

Brokers win second DOFI deadline extension

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Brokers have been handed a second deadline extension to prepare for new reporting requirements for business placed with direct offshore foreign insurers… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Insurers

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Underwriting agencies are dealing with an increased volume of “distressed business” that insurers have declined to renew, according to a leading agency… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Report: insurers feeling pressure at the margins

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Analysts fear insurance claims are rising at a rate above inflation – but they also believe premium growth will double in the next two years… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Finalists named for insurance awards

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Finalists for the annual Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards have been announced, and there are few surprises… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Insurers await Blacktown hailstorm report

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A report into the December hailstorms in western Sydney has been presented to the NSW Premier’s Department and insurers could know by September how it treats them… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

NIBA publishes history of its first 25 years

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The National Insurance Brokers Association celebrated the closing months of its 25th anniversary celebrations last week with the launch of a book tracing it development since 1982… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Suncorp sells 50% stake in RAC WA Insurance

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Suncorp has sold its 50% stake in Royal Automobile Club (Western Australia) Insurance after the Promina merger gave RAC-WA the green light to reclaim full ownership of the division… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

JLT on the Gold Coast

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Jardine Lloyd Thompson has opened a new retail office on the Gold Coast, taking its network of local branches to 17… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Axa funds under management drop 11% as markets bite

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Troubled financial markets continue to affect the operating results of Axa Asia Pacific, which has recorded a first-half dip of 13% in total group funds under management… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News

Tower Australia rating revised upward

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Standard and Poor’s has lifted the outlook for life insurance specialist Tower Australia from stable to positive… ]]>

[Read more →]

Tags: News