Coverholder courses address training gaps
02 May 2011
The College of Professional Education has joined with Lloyd’s Australia to offer new courses that will help address gaps in training for coverholders and their staff…
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New FSC board member
02 May 2011
ANZ Wealth MD John Van Der Wielen has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council…
CII rolls dice with new board game
02 May 2011
Where Monopoly popularised real estate speculation and Scrabble made dictionaries cool, the UK Chartered Insurance Institute is rolling the dice with a board game incarnation of its own…
Tributes flow for Pearce
02 May 2011
Former Lumley Insurance GM Strategic Relationships David Pearce is being kept busy answering more than 1600 emails received from industry friends and colleagues following his sudden departure…
Swans join in QBE's celebrations
02 May 2011
They might have lost to Carlton in a thriller at the Sydney Cricket Ground, but AFL side the Sydney Swans were outstanding on the field thanks to a new guernsey commemorating…
NZ brokers surprised by ANZIIF awards move
18 April 2011
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance is splitting its annual industry awards into Australian and New Zealand events…
AIMS concentrates on the issues
18 April 2011
Last week’s Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services Conference proved an ideal opportunity to discuss issues related to the recent spate of natural disasters and their aftermath…
Councils invited to climate talks
18 April 2011
Zurich Australia General Insurance is inviting local government representatives to meet with brokers to discuss climate risk issues…
Claims expert explains general insurance
18 April 2011
LMI Group MD Allan Manning has again put pen to paper, releasing another in a series of books designed to help people understand general insurance…
AIMS members gather
11 April 2011
The annual Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services conference kicked off on the Gold Coast this morning, with 432 delegates gathering to network and discuss industry issues and the catastrophes…
Warren Tickle award deadline looms
11 April 2011
Brokers under 35 only have a few weeks left to submit their entries for the annual Warren Tickle Memorial Award…
People, not machines, needed to deal with life claims
11 April 2011
Claims management still needs a human touch and should not be replaced by technology, according to Asteron Life EM Claims Neil Borthwick…
IAG appoints new legal chief
11 April 2011
Former CSR General Counsel Chris Bertuch has joined IAG as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary…
Flexibility needed to fill skills shortage
11 April 2011
Claims assessors and general insurance brokers are becoming hot commodities, according to recruitment specialist Hays Insurance…
2500 flock to Steadfast convention
04 April 2011
Steadfast is claiming an industry attendance record for its annual convention being held this week in Melbourne, with 2500 people signed on to attend…
Steadfast names rising stars
04 April 2011
Six of the insurance industry’s rising stars employed by Steadfast members have won excellence awards at the group’s convention in Melbourne…
New CIO for Zurich Australia
04 April 2011
Zurich Australia has appointed Scott Watters as its new Chief Information Officer…
FSU rallies for union support in IAG negotiations
04 April 2011
The Financial Services Union is calling for IAG workers to get involved in the fight for better pay and conditions as negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement begin…
Malaysia launches competency framework with ANZIIF help
04 April 2011
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has helped the Malaysian Insurance Institute build a competency framework for both general and life insurance…
Steadfast registers 1700 delegates
28 March 2011
Broker cluster group Steadfast is expecting to break all records at its 13th annual convention starting next weekend…