Last year, with the prospect of a severe CAT season looming, Sedgwick released a short piece — relevant to insurers, brokers and their customers alike — that stressed the importance of planning ahead. Considering the upheaval across Australia caused by the extreme rainfall, we felt it would be … [Read more...] about Sedgwick reaffirms the importance of catastrophe planning
Our Head of Operations & General Counsel has been known to have done a lot of stupid things for charity. From driving a tuk tuk across India and Nepal, to doing the 15,000km Mongol Rally from London to Ulan Bataar in a Ford Fiesta, to last year doing the Shitbox Rally where we drove an $800 … [Read more...] about ProRisk executives risks life and limb to raise money for the Cancer Council
According to the Insurance Council of Australia (2022), 2022 was Australia’s costliest year due to severe weather events. With actual claims costs from 197,000 claims, the insured losses amount to an estimated $3.35 Billion. Our team in the support and claims centre deal with the victims of these … [Read more...] about The Emotional Side to Claims Management
In the 25 years that Sedgwick has been handling product recalls — more than 5,000 to date - we’ve seen awareness of these events increase significantly. Whilst many businesses are self-insured, those buying cover continues to grow; this risk transfer means that insurers are paying out on a … [Read more...] about Sedgwick’s ‘recall ready’ service enables faster response to product recall events.
Hutch Underwriting launched a new residential Strata insurance policy today that in addition to the usual property and liability covers, for the first time offers body corporates protection from the wave of cybercrime impacting Australia. Hutch’s CEO, Robin Johnson, explained, “The Australian … [Read more...] about Hutch Underwriting’s new Strata policy addresses increasing cyber risk for Australians
Construction & contract works AGILE’s construction underwriters are engineers who live and breathe construction. Our team has an excellent offering for both single projects and annual contract work. We can assist with your hard-to-place risks and also with your vanilla placements. Contract … [Read more...] about Monthly highlights for you to maximise business through AGILE
Delta Insurance Australia has launched a comprehensive package policy policy to protect the country’s tech industry from ever-increasing cyber attacks and data and network liability. MediaTech, as it has been named, covers a wide range of technology-based risks such as software failures, media … [Read more...] about Delta Insurance Australia launches comprehensive MediaTech policy for tech companies
Hello Perth! We now have a local presence in beautiful WA. Accident and Health Underwriter, Emily Dickens is our first official Perth employee and we're thrilled to have her on board. To speak to your local representative, get in touch with Emily. Emily Dickens … [Read more...] about We are excited to announce we have opened a new location