ANZIIF names TurksLegal scholar
08 December 2014
A Melbourne broker has won this year’s Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance TurksLegal Claims Scholarship…
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Allianz Global Assistance appoints sales chief
08 December 2014
Allianz Global Assistance has promoted GM of assistance and networks Brad Smith to Chief Sales Officer…
Ace adds to financial lines team
08 December 2014
Ace Group has announced three appointments to bolster its Australian financial lines team…
CGU promotion puts advice in spotlight
01 December 2014
A new CGU advertising campaign will focus on the need for trusted insurance advice in times of disaster…
Asian Claims Convention aims for record attendance
01 December 2014
Planning is well advanced for next year’s Asian Claims Convention in Hong Kong…
RMIA names new leader
01 December 2014
Suzanne Cureton has been appointed GM of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia…
Industry falls short on equality in executive roles
01 December 2014
The financial and insurance industries employ more women than men, but perform poorly when it comes to promoting females to the executive suite…
Rothbury creates broker executive role
01 December 2014
New Zealand broker Rothbury has recruited Paul Munton from Lumley to fill the new role of EGM Broking Branches…
Underwriting agencies leader dies
24 November 2014
A leading light in the Australian underwriting agency sector, Roy Ellis, died last week in Sydney after a long illness. He was 68…
UAC to elect four directors
24 November 2014
Members of the Underwriting Agencies Council will have to choose from six candidates when they elect four board members at the annual general meeting next month…
IAA unveils award winners
24 November 2014
Insurance Advisernet Australia announced its annual award winners at the group’s national conference on the Gold Coast last week…
Insight Chairman honoured for community service
24 November 2014
Insight Australia Group Chairman and Grampians Insurance Brokers Director David Hosking has been chosen as the inaugural winner of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance…
AIG manager named APIG president
24 November 2014
The Australian Professional Indemnity Group has elected AIG Australasia Commercial Institutions Manager Jeremy Scott-Mackenzie as National President…
Vero adds to brokers’ marketing suite
24 November 2014
Vero has released its fourth marketing tool for brokers, based on information from this year’s Vero SME Insurance Index study…
Nautilus Marine appoints claims manager
24 November 2014
Boating insurer Nautilus Marine says Peter Latemore had joined as Claims Manager for Industry Lines…
ICA disbands division, Sanchez goes
17 November 2014
An internal restructure at the Insurance Council of Australia has seen two staff leave the organisation…
IAG man moves into top council spot
17 November 2014
IAG Personal Insurance CEO Andy Cornish has been appointed President of the Insurance Council of Australia…
Insurance fails to excite business students
17 November 2014
Insurance ranks 18th out of 30 industries in an international survey of business students’ preferred career paths, according to Deloitte…
AILA welcomes non-lawyer members
17 November 2014
The new board of the Australian Insurance Law Association will step up efforts to attract insurance professionals who are not lawyers…
ANZIIF launches gender equality survey
17 November 2014
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has launched its first survey examining problems faced by women in the industry…