16 April 2012
Claims professionals from across the Asia-Pacific region are converging on Shanghai this week for the first Asian Claims Convention, which has been organised by the Australasian Institute of Chartered…
16 April 2012
The National Insurance Brokers Association is waiting for the results of market research on consumer attitudes to insurance before working with the Insurance Council of Australia on an education campaign…
16 April 2012
Swiss Re has appointed Helen Troup as Head of Client Markets Life & Health for Australia and New Zealand…
16 April 2012
Global broker Aon has confirmed that well-known broking industry figure Maurice Gatto will join its team as National Manager, Property Broking, from August this year…
16 April 2012
Employers are being more cautious in their hiring due to ongoing economic uncertainty, according to a report by recruitment specialist Hudson…
16 April 2012
Employees in Victoria’s financial services sector are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol at risky levels and put themselves at risk of diabetes and heart disease than workers in similar industries…
02 April 2012
Members of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will shortly be able to join faculties that provide them with online networking, discussion forums and professional development…
02 April 2012
The National Insurance Brokers Association has set the terms of reference for a review of the Insurance Brokers Code of Practice and is seeking submissions by May 31…
02 April 2012
Only eight of the Queensland floods claim disputes that went to the Financial Ombudsman Service were from broker-handled policies…
02 April 2012
Brokers are still not succeeding in attracting more young people into the industry, a National Insurance Brokers Association event in Melbourne last week was told…
02 April 2012
IAG New Zealand CEO Jacki Johnson is the new President of the Insurance Council of New Zealand following its annual general meeting last week…
02 April 2012
Lloyd’s has updated its Facebook page by adding Timeline, the social networking site’s new profile feature…
26 March 2012
The National Insurance Brokers Association has started up a new national competition to find the “broker of the year”…
26 March 2012
Broker group Steadfast will hold its annual convention in Sydney from April 6 to 9 next year…
26 March 2012
IAG NZ has bought the naming rights to a new temporary Christchurch sports stadium, which now bears the name of AMI, the struggling insurer it took over last month…
26 March 2012
AFL team the Brisbane Lions has signed Vero as its coaches’ partner for the next three years…
26 March 2012
CommInsure has appointed Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur as Head of National Accounts…
26 March 2012
ClearView Wealth has appointed two new state managers – Tony Smith for Queensland and Tony Schiavello for Victoria and Tasmania…
19 March 2012
Steadfast broker Rachael Williams from CKA Risk Solutions in Perth has won this year’s Catlin Education Scholarship…
19 March 2012
Casey Fenton from Integra Insurance Brokers in WA has scored a double in this year’s Steadfast/Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance academic awards…