Macquarie fills insurance segment leadership slot
13 July 2026
Macquarie Group state leader for professional services Sarah Petzel has been made insurance segment head following the departure of Andrew Knowles to Austbrokers Countrywide...
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NZI adds ‘respected, proven’ managers
13 July 2026
Kent Chaplin and Troy Sexton have been appointed to IAG subsidiary NZI’s property and liability team...
Envest pair win Ardonagh employee awards
13 July 2026
North Queensland Insurance Brokers business development manager Paul Glasby has won this year’s Ardonagh client and customer champion award, while Epsilon senior construction underwriter Tom Bennett was crowned rising star...
ANZIIF to hold Rendezvous in October
13 July 2026
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will hold its biennial Reinsurance Rendezvous conference from October 13-14...
RM Advancer Awards nominations open
06 July 2026
Nominations have opened for the 18th RM Advancer Awards, celebrating risk management practices by Vero and GIO workers’ compensation clients...
Zurich recruits Suncorp exec for consumer claims role
06 July 2026
Zurich says Aaron Molivas will join this month in the newly created role of Australia and New Zealand head of general insurance consumer claims...
Steadfast’s Cassidy retires after ‘tremendous contribution’
06 July 2026
Steadfast executive Graham Cassidy has retired after 20 years with the broking network, ending an insurance career spanning almost five decades...
Emergence revamps leadership team
06 July 2026
Cyber specialist Emergence Insurance says it has made leadership changes to drive its next stage of growth...
ANZIIF names new director
06 July 2026
360 Underwriting Solutions CEO for Australia Jason Clarke has become a director at the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance...
Final call to nominate Mansfield Awards contenders
29 June 2026
Nominations for the 10th Mansfield Awards are open until tomorrow, and the winners will be crowned in Sydney on August 27...
Date set for AICLA claims conference
29 June 2026
This year’s Claims Convention will take place on September 9 at Sydney’s Sofitel Wentworth...
Barry Nilsson celebrates ‘largest promotion round’
29 June 2026
Law firm Barry Nilsson has made a raft of promotions in its insurance team, including senior lawyers Natalie Aprea and Stephanie Carter moving up to become principals...
WFI partnership eases ‘enormous strain’ on farmers’ mental health
29 June 2026
Agricultural insurer WFI Insurance and wellbeing platform Sonder have teamed up to support mental health among farmers facing compounding climate events, geopolitical challenges and rising costs...
GT recruits QBE manager as operations chief
22 June 2026
Allianz subsidiary GT Insurance says Arron Mann, most recently QBE’s short-tail claims GM, has joined as COO...
Using AI to cut costs an ineffective sugar hit: PwC
22 June 2026
PwC has analysed more than 1 billion job adverts worldwide and found businesses that “think big” achieve the greatest gains from AI...
APIG conference casts eye over present and future
22 June 2026
The Australasian Professional Indemnity Group’s annual conference will examine the state of the market and the evolving risk landscape...
ANZIIF holds liability conference
22 June 2026
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will host a liability conference in Auckland on Wednesday...
Industry workers averagely ambitious on pay rises
15 June 2026
Insurance professionals expect their pay to increase by 3.8% over the next year, matching the average change predicted in a Hays survey of 7000 Australians and New Zealanders across all industries...
Zurich brings in AR group leader
15 June 2026
Faaizah Banu has been appointed Zurich national lead for authorised representative groups...
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15 June 2026
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