ANZIIF names John Allison Award winner
05 September 2011
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has presented Emma Wood of Catlin Australia with the John Allison Award…
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Suncorp moves forward with offshoring plan
29 August 2011
Suncorp is assessing roles within its claims department to determine which positions are suitable for offshoring, according to the Finance Sector Union…
PI expert wins top honour
29 August 2011
Retired CGU National Professional Risk Product and Underwriting Manager Robert Beaton last week received the inaugural Frank Earl award at the 2011 Australian Professional Indemnity Group…
New group for discussions on life insurance
29 August 2011
A new forum has been launched in Sydney for women working in the life insurance industry…
Zurich moves Easton to Brisbane
29 August 2011
Zurich General Insurance State Distribution Manager NSW/ACT Hugh Easton has been appointed State Manager Queensland, based in Brisbane…
Insurer seeks church-going reinsurance expert
29 August 2011
Catholic Church Insurances is looking for a director with reinsurance experience – but the candidate must also have ties to the church…
Top marks for young loss adjusters
22 August 2011
New Zealand loss adjusters took two of the three Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters examination awards at the 2011 Claims Convention in Sydney last week…
Claiming top honours
22 August 2011
Law firm TurksLegal is calling for nominations for its 2011 claims award, which is jointly sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance…
Sanfilippo moves to Suncorp
22 August 2011
Suncorp Commercial Insurance has recruited former Zurich stalwart Sam Sanfilippo as EM Broker Distribution Southern, covering Victoria, WA, SA and Tasmania…
AFA appoints a COO
22 August 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed former Colonial First State Head of Compliance Phil Anderson as its first COO…
Former AFA president joins Asian board
22 August 2011
Former Association of Financial Advisers President James Taggart has been elected to join the board of an Asian financial advisers body…
Allianz wins ANZIIF’s insurer of the year title
15 August 2011
Allianz Australia has been named the General Insurance Company of the Year at the 2011 Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance awards in Sydney last week…
Victoria names Warren Tickle Award finalist
15 August 2011
Nicholas Hodges from InterRisk has been named this year’s Warren Tickle Memorial Award finalist for Victoria and Tasmania…
New roles at Associated Marine
15 August 2011
Zurich’s Associated Marine business has filled two new positions arising from its recent operational review…
New IBANZ board has hefty agenda
15 August 2011
The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand’s new President Nick Cressey says the Christchurch earthquakes, new regulation, education and governance are among the issues facing the…
UAC endorses college’s agencies program
15 August 2011
The Underwriting Agencies Council has endorsed the new underwriting agencies education program offered by the College of Professional Education for Lloyd’s coverholders and their staff…
New life managers for NSW and SA
15 August 2011
CommInsure and Asteron have appointed new managers for NSW and SA…
NIBA College, Vero team to offer skills to young brokers
08 August 2011
Younger brokers will be able to gain presentation skills and mentoring strategies through a new professional development program offered by NIBA College…
It’s time to woo SMEs, brokers told
08 August 2011
Marketing researcher Ross Cameron says brokers must promote themselves to SME businesses now to counter increasing competition from direct insurers…
Registrations pour in for NIBA Convention
08 August 2011
National Insurance Brokers Association CEO Dallas Booth says registrations for next month’s NIBA Convention in Sydney are continuing to show strong interest from brokers and the wider industry…