UAC broadens membership criteria
15 October 2012
The Underwriting Agencies Council is widening its membership criteria to cater for the wide range of organisations that now want to join…
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Finalists for AFA female excellence award
15 October 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has announced its six finalists for this year’s Female Excellence in Advice Award…
Alan Wilson wins Broker of the Year
08 October 2012
Victorian country broker Alan Wilson has won the inaugural NIBA Zurich Broker of the Year award…
Melbourne broker wins Warren Tickle award
08 October 2012
Amanda Marinis has won this year’s Warren Tickle Memorial Award for an outstanding young professional broker…
Lex McKeown award goes to John George
08 October 2012
MGA Group Chairman John George has won the National Insurance Brokers Association’s Lex McKeown Trophy for services to broking and to the association…
Austbrokers aims for female board member by 2015
08 October 2012
Broking group Austbrokers has put a diversity policy in place to retain and promote female employees…
Karafilis moves to Insurance House
08 October 2012
Jim Karafilis has joined Insurance House as GM Agency Division…
Good response for ANZIIF mentor scheme
08 October 2012
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance says its new mentoring program is off to a strong start…
New chairman for MDRT
08 October 2012
Chapman Welsh Financial Services Principal Ross Hultgren has been appointed chairman of the Million Dollar Round Table Australia…
ANZIIF and ICNZ launch scholarship
01 October 2012
The Insurance Council of New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance have launched a scholarship…
FNQ feels the benefit
01 October 2012
Insurers and brokers in disaster-hit Far North Queensland hope to raise morale – and a healthy sum of money – with their first charity ball…
NZ awards finalists announced
01 October 2012
Finalists in the New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards have been announced…
KPMG welcomes new practice chief
01 October 2012
Jennifer Lang has been appointed Head of Insurance Practice at KPMG…
Victoria leads way in AFA awards
01 October 2012
Victorians dominate the shortlist for the Association of Financial Advisers’ Adviser of the Year award…
FOS conference to study disaster lessons, industry trends
24 September 2012
The changing nature of customer engagement and lessons learnt from recent natural disasters will be among the topics at the Financial Ombudsman Service’s national conference next month…
QBE recruits Borden for regional role
24 September 2012
Andrew Borden has been appointed QBE’s regional manager for the Victorian and Tasmanian markets…
Simpson joins Warranty Group
24 September 2012
The Warranty Group has appointed Andrew Simpson to the newly created role of GM Sales and Marketing for Australia and New Zealand…
Lumley appoints Walker to interstate role
24 September 2012
Former CGU manager Peter Walker has joined Wesfarmers subsidiary Lumley as regional property manager for NSW and Queensland…
Employers miss out by not recruiting disabled: Suncorp
24 September 2012
Office-based companies such as insurers and brokers are well placed to employ more disabled people, according to Suncorp…
Ace Australia engineering manager takes Singapore role
24 September 2012
Ace Australia/NZ Manager of Energy, Utilities and Engineering Michael Frazer will move to Singapore in January to become manager of energy and engineering at Ace Asia-Pacific…