History of LMI Group


For your interest, we provide below the key milestones of the LMI Group to date.  

1999 - 2004

  • Loss Management International Pty Ltd commenced operations - 25 February 1999
  • Purchase of our Melbourne (head office) building - February 2000
  • Developed first training program on Business Interruption - March 2000
  • Sydney hailstorm response - April 2000
  • First manual policy comparisons - May 2000
  • Business Interruption Insurance & Claims: A Practical Guide (first edition) published - May 2002
  • Sydney bushfire response - December 2002
  • Opening of Sydney branch - March 2003
  • Canberra bushfire response - March 2003
  • Formation of Policy Comparison International Pty Ltd, providing online policy comparisons - March 2003
  • Opening of Brisbane office - July 2003
  • LMI PolicyComparison launched at NIBA conference - October 2003
  • Purchase of our Sydney office - November 2004
 2005
  • LMI PolicyCoach and LMI ContinuityCoach developments commenced - March 2005
  • Founder of LMI Group, Allan Manning, awarded Doctorate - May 2005
  • LMI Group Ltd opened in Christchurch, New Zealand - June 2005
  • FSR Licence granted - July 2005
  • All divisions and products brought together under LMI Group banner - September 2005
 2006
  • Understanding the ISR Policy (first edition) published - January 2006
  • It will Never Happen to Me (first edition) published - February 2006
  • Cyclone Larry response - March 2006
  • Launch of Australia-wide hotline:1300 LMI GROUP (1300 564 47687) - April 2006
  • LMI Group's 'No Tax On Insurance' campaign launched - April 2006
  • LMI ContinuityCoach launched - May 2006
  • Policy drafting and proof reading service commences - June 2006
  • Seaford Office (Victoria) opened - September 2006
  • Tonga riots response - November 2006
  • Gippsland bushfire response - December 2006
 2007
  • Opening of Adelaide office with Erik Kroon - January 2007
  • Opening of Jakarta, Indonesia office - February 2007
  • Response to Jakarta floods - February 2007
  • LMI BICalculator launched - May 2007
  • Response to Newcastle storm - June 2007
  • Purchase of our Brisbane office building - September 2007
2008
  • Response to Mackay storm - February 2008
  • Response to WA gas crisis - June 2008
  • Launch of LMI PolicyComparison Essential IBANZ - August 2008
  • LMI BICalculator NZ launched - August 2008
  • Business Interruption Insurance & Claims: A Practical Guide (fifth edition) published - November 2008
  • Opening of WA office with John Quinn - December 2008

2009

  • Release of new LMI Group portal website - January 2009
  • LMI response to Victoria's 'Black Saturday' bushfires including the introduction of the CFA member emergency claim service - February 2009
  • LMI Media division launched - February 2009
  • Response to south east Queensland and Coffs Harbour storms - May 2009
  • Opening of Illawarra South Coast office with Derek Jorgensen - July 2009
  • Launch of technical advice line - August 2009
  • Release of LMI RiskCoach, providing underwriting and risk management information - September 2009

2010

  • Response to south east Queensland storms - February/March 2010
  • A tailored version of LMI ContinuityCoach, addressing the potential threat of a pandemic, launched for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia - March 2010
  • Response to flooding and storm damage in south east Queensland - March 2010
  • Launch of LMi MobileUnder-insuranceCalculator, the world's first iPhone application for the insurance
    industry - March 2010
  • Response to storm damage in far north Queensland following Cyclone Ului - March 2010
  • Response to hail and storm damage in Perth and south west Western Australia - March 2010
  • Awarded AIMS Principal Partner status - March 2010
  • Apple grant LMI Group an app developers licence with first app released through iTunes - June 2010
  • Opening of Auckland office with Tony Howie - June 2010