QBE appoints marine manager
14 December 2015
QBE has appointed Tim Air to the newly created role of National Manager Marine Specialty Risks…
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NIBA registrar steps down after 15 years
14 December 2015
Long-serving National Insurance Brokers Association Registrar Melina Sanfilippo is to leave her post at Christmas…
Deadline for Valerie Baker award extended
14 December 2015
Organisers of the Valerie Baker Memorial Award have extended the entry deadline to February 12, giving nominees more time to work on their submissions over summer…
McLardy McShane party raises $83,000 for charity
14 December 2015
The seventh McLardy McShane Reach Christmas Lunch raised more than $83,000 to help young people…
AICLA presents Victorian awards
14 December 2015
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters has held its first Victorian awards night, attended by more than 300 guests…
Game ensures fire planning is no roll of the dice
14 December 2015
Victoria’s Surf Coast Shire has created a board game to educate people in high-risk areas about bushfire planning, including the importance of up-to-date insurance…
Underwriting leaders vie for UAC board vacancies
07 December 2015
The Underwriting Agencies Council has received seven nominations for four vacancies on its board of directors…
ICNZ names FMG chief as President
07 December 2015
Chris Black, the CEO of rural insurer FMG, has replaced Vero’s Gary Dransfield as the Insurance Council of New Zealand President…
Ex-Cooper Gay managers join JLT Re
07 December 2015
JLT Re Asia-Pacific has appointed Jon Calverley as a director and Paul Steiner as an associate director…
Lloyd’s golf day raises $30k for charity
07 December 2015
Lloyd’s Australia raised $30,000 at its inaugural charity golf day to help find a cure for spinal cord injury…
Adjusters urged to beware post-disaster hazards
07 December 2015
Loss adjusters have been warned of the “significant risks” many of them will face over the next few months when visiting bushfire sites…
New school offers insurers technical courses
07 December 2015
A new Melbourne-based training academy aims to enhance insurance executives’ technical skills…
CGU steps in to save Tropfest
07 December 2015
Famous short film festival Tropfest has been saved by eleventh-hour sponsor CGU…
Chamber helps Queenslanders brace for storm season
07 December 2015
The Queensland Government and Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland have released a guide, including a video, to help businesses prepare for the impending storm season…
Surety manager joins JLT
07 December 2015
JLT Australia has appointed Rachel Salton as Divisional Manager Surety…
Gold Seal revamps broking diploma for ‘real-life’ focus
30 November 2015
Gold Seal has released its suite of revamped broker education courses following the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new FNS15 guidelines…
Insurance men trouser 29% more thanks to gender pay gap
30 November 2015
The pay gap between men and women is particularly pronounced in the financial and insurance services industry, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s second annual pay scorecard…
Suncorp underwriter wins TurksLegal scholarship
30 November 2015
Suncorp Commercial Insurance Graduate and Underwriter Darren Low has won the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance TurksLegal Claims Scholarship…
QBE recruits manager for marketing drive
30 November 2015
QBE Australia has appointed Bettina Pidcock to the newly created role of EGM Marketing…
Fundraiser still taking bookings
30 November 2015
McLardy McShane’s annual Christmas lunch and fundraiser for the Reach Foundation on Wednesday still has some space available for late registrations…