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How IAG boss Nick Hawkins weathered the perfect storm

In the past four years, the CEO of the $20b insurance giant has battled both cyclonic conditions and swirling regulators and politicians.

James EyersSenior Reporter

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One of the main jobs for an insurance company is responding to storms. Over the past few years, Insurance Australia Group, the largest general insurer in Australia and New Zealand, has mopped up after downpours triggered devastating floods, from Lismore to Auckland.

But Nick Hawkins has also been battling storms in a metaphorical sense. For much of the past four years, as he has led IAG as chief executive, management conditions have been cyclonic.

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James Eyers
James EyersSenior ReporterJames Eyers writes on banking, payments and fintech. He is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR, has degrees in commerce and law from UNSW, and is co-author of Buy now, pay later: The extraordinary story of Afterpay Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at jeyers@afr.com.au

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