Allianz Australia Archives - InsuranceAsia News https://insuranceasianews.com/companies_category/allianz-australia/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:42:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Allianz Australia appoints Gallagher Re’s Heather Bone as head of reinsurance https://insuranceasianews.com/allianz-australia-appoints-gallagher-res-heather-bone-as-head-of-reinsurance/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:00:39 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207492 Bone will take over from industry veteran Michael Crouch, who is retiring at the end of July 2026, the insurer told IAN.

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Allianz Australia has appointed Gallagher Re’s Heather Bone as its new head of reinsurance, succeeding Michael Crouch, who will retire next year, an Allianz spokesperson told InsuranceAsia News.
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]]> Nick Slessor takes the reins at GT Insurance https://insuranceasianews.com/nick-slessor-takes-the-reins-at-gt-insurance/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 02:53:38 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=205296 Tony Dodd has also stepped into the new leadership role of chief commercial officer having served as CEO from January 2020.

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Nick Slessor has taken up his role as CEO of GT Insurance, a partner agency of Allianz Broker Australia that specialises in the Australian transport sector.
Allianz Broker Australia said Slessor would...

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]]> Allianz Australia combines commercial, personal injury teams https://insuranceasianews.com/allianz-australia-combines-commercial-personal-injury-teams/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:53:33 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=196589 New division will be led by chief general manager Julie Mitchell.

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Allianz Australia has announced a plan to combine its commercial and personal injury teams into the same division led by Julie Mitchell.
In a statement on Friday, the German insurer said that from Oct...

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]]> Allianz Australia names Luke Whenman as chief claims officer https://insuranceasianews.com/allianz-australia-names-luke-whenman-as-chief-claims-officer/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:55:30 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=193632 Sydney-based Whenman was previously Suncorp's executive general manager for motor claims.

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Allianz Australia has appointed Luke Whenman as its new chief claims officer, according to a LinkedIn update from chief customer and operations officer Brendan Dunne.
Sydney-based Whenman (pictured) b...

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]]> Competition regulator greenlights Allianz Australia’s RAAI acquisition https://insuranceasianews.com/competition-regulator-greenlights-allianz-australias-raai-acquisition-gets/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 01:29:30 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=192685 ACCC found that other suppliers will continue to compete with, and constrain, a merged Allianz and RAAI after the acquisition.

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The Australian competition regulator has cleared Allianz Australia’s proposed AU$642 million (US$415 million) acquisition of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia’s personal insurance bu...

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]]> ‘Pivotal moment’ as Allianz Australia’s sale of Hunter Premium Funding is finalised https://insuranceasianews.com/pivotal-moment-as-allianz-australias-sale-of-hunter-premium-funding-is-finalised/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:57:19 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=191886 Allianz had agreed to sell Hunter to Pemba Capital Partners in December.

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Allianz Australia has completed the sale of its insurance premium funding business to Pemba Capital Partners, according to a press release from Hunter Premium Funding.
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]]> Pamela Beilby returns to Allianz Australia as national relationship manager https://insuranceasianews.com/pamela-beilby-returns-to-allianz-australia-as-national-relationship-manager/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 03:36:42 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=189366 Sydney-based Beilby will be responsible for developing and executing national strategic partnership plans across key broker segments within Allianz.

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Allianz Australia's commercial team has appointed Pamela Beilby as its national relationship manager, according to a LinkedIn announcement.
In her new role, Sydney-based Beilby (pictured) will be resp...

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]]> IAG, Allianz said to be in the race for RAC Insurance: report https://insuranceasianews.com/iag-allianz-said-to-be-in-the-race-for-rac-insurance-report/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:05:21 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=175228 The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia had hired boutique advisory firm Barrenjoey to conduct a strategic review including for its insurance arm.

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Allianz and IAG are reportedly mulling a bid for the insurance arm of The Australian motoring group Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC), according to a report by Bloomberg.
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]]> Allianz Australia acquires RAA’s general business for US$415m https://insuranceasianews.com/allianz-australia-acquires-raas-general-business-for-us415m/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:25:54 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=171079 Allianz will underwrite the carrier's general insurance policies excluding travel and manage product, pricing and claims while RAA will handle marketing and distribution and continue offering products and services under its brand. 

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Allianz Australia will acquire the general business of Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) and underwrite the carrier's general insurance policies excluding travel with an upfront pu...

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