The Broker
Tributes paid to ‘beloved friend and colleague’
29 August 2024
Adelaide broker Rob Mitchell died on August 14 after a long battle with cancer...
Coverforce creates national management role
29 August 2024
Coverforce has appointed Gareth Carpenter to the newly created role of national broking manager...
Defects underwriter Resilience fills new leadership position
29 August 2024
Underwriting agency Resilience Insurance says Coverforce MD Andrew Ferguson has joined as director of new business...
McLardy McShane delegation spreads the word in London, Dublin
29 August 2024
McLardy McShane has hailed its second annual Britain and Ireland trip as a “roaring success”...
Deadline looms for NIBA community award
29 August 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association is seeking applicants for its community excellence award, with submissions closing soon...
IAG plans for sharper focus on intermediated division
22 August 2024
IAG has applied to the prudential regulator for a separate licence for its intermediated business as it looks to sharpen its commercial and retail focus within the overall company...
Suncorp positive on commercial portfolio opportunity
22 August 2024
Suncorp says about 80% of its commercial portfolio has reached the “technical” pricing levels required and it is well placed to expand the business...
AUB rolls out third strata agency as division’s profit surges
22 August 2024
AUB Group has launched commercial strata agency Rubix Underwriting as it looks to strengthen its agencies offering...
Lobby group raises strata broker concerns with peak body
22 August 2024
The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby says it is discussing "concerns about misconduct" among strata brokers with the National Insurance Brokers Association...
Insurer ‘entitled’ to 80% premium rise on broker-arranged strata policy
22 August 2024
An owners’ corporation has lost a dispute over an 80% premium rise on its broker-arranged strata policy, after arguing the increase was made “without justification”...
Yodas hit the road in a cheap Camry
22 August 2024
David Duncalfe says nothing can prepare him for the Shitbox Rally later this year, when he must trek from Bendigo to Townsville in a vehicle worth no more than $1500...
Ex-Aon associate director to head WTW team in NZ
22 August 2024
WTW has appointed Alanna Lowe as head of broking for its New Zealand operations...
Queensland broking body shapes up for next stage of ‘evolution’
22 August 2024
Regional Insurance Brokers GM Danny Brandon has been re-elected to serve a second term as Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers president...
NSW urged to ‘look outward’ in builders’ cover review
15 August 2024
The broking peak body has urged NSW to look to other states and territories as it explores ways to improve its builders’ warranty insurance scheme...
Lockton names leader for new risk consultancy
15 August 2024
Lockton has appointed Ben Crowther to head a new in-house risk consulting practice that will assist clients facing increasingly complex challenges...
AI tools a ‘massive differentiator’ for Marsh
15 August 2024
Artificial intelligence introduced in-house across many insurance classes is a “massive differentiator” and time saver, Marsh Pacific head of digital Johannes Veldsman says...
Broker in the clear as insurer made to pay for removalist losses
15 August 2024
A claimant whose household items went missing and were damaged during transit has failed in her bid to have broker Arthur J Gallagher compensate her for the loss...
NIBA begins search for claims award winner
15 August 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association has opened applications for this year’s claims broker of the year award...
‘Next evolution’: Stella expands into broking
15 August 2024
Stella Insurance, which specialises in cover tailored for women, is expanding with the introduction of a broking division...
NIBA reveals convention details
15 August 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association has published the program for this year’s convention, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre in October...