Emergence sets up cyber response team

09 November 2020

Cyber specialist Emergence Insurance says Blake Baxter will lead a new in-house Incident Response and Cyber Claims team that will work with policyholders after an event...

Suncorp launches second Reconciliation Action Plan

09 November 2020

Suncorp has launched its second Reconciliation Action Plan, coinciding with the annual NAIDOC Week celebrations that began yesterday...

BMS appoints health executive to chair affinity business

09 November 2020

Broker BMS Group has recruited Cris Massis as Chairman of its affinity business, with his appointment taking effect at the start of this month...

Aon launches pandemic initiative to support businesses

09 November 2020

Aon is leading an initiative with the support of other businesses to set out key recommendations on how employees can safely return to workplaces in the wake of the pandemic...

Suncorp grants support netball clubs hit by storms, fires

09 November 2020

Suncorp is partnering with the Confident Girls Foundation to launch a community grants initiative, the Suncorp Spirit Fund, supporting Queensland netball clubs impacted by floods, fires, severe storms or cyclones...

Brokers ‘must gain the confidence’ of regulators

02 November 2020

Brokers need to gain the confidence of regulators for the sector be allowed to manage its own issues as financial services scrutiny increases, Willis Towers Watson Australasia CEO Simon Weaver told last week’s National Insurance Brokers Association virtual convention...

NIBA honours top insurance performers

02 November 2020

The National Insurance Brokers Association has recognised Berkley Insurance as the Insurance Company of the Year and named GT Insurance as its inaugural Underwriting Agency of the Year...

ANZIIF to hold virtual General Insurance Breakfast

02 November 2020

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will host its annual General Insurance Breakfast online on December 2...

Fast Cover wins insurance innovation award

02 November 2020

Fast Cover Travel Insurance has won this year’s Finder Award for “Best Insurance Innovation”...

Suncorp analyst cooks up winning recipes for charity

02 November 2020

Suncorp New Zealand Investment Analyst Elliott Meldrum has raised more than $NZ3000 to help kids living in poverty from a cookbook that he published together with his flatmates...

Gallagher launches award to honour Tania O’Day

26 October 2020

Gallagher has launched an annual award in honour of one of the broking community’s “finest professionals” Tania O’Day...

NIBA set to start strategic review

26 October 2020

The National Insurance Brokers Association will begin a strategic review of the sector as it also prepares to respond to a Government inquiry into remuneration and commissions, President Eric Harris said at the opening of the group’s virtual convention today...

BAIS launches new logo, charity drive

26 October 2020

Insurance technology firm BAIS has unveiled its new logo at the National Insurance Brokers Association annual convention, which started today in a virtual format...

WTW complex claims expert Peter Rink dies

26 October 2020

Peter Rink, head of Forensic Accounting and Complex Claims at Willis Towers Watson, passed away on October 11...

Former Broncos MD to chair Austbrokers Comsure

26 October 2020

Brisbane-based Austbrokers Comsure has named former Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club MD Bruno Cullen as Chairman...

NTI offers free assistance to thank truckies

26 October 2020

NTI is providing customers with a free Truck Assist Roadside plan to thank transport operators and truck owners for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Insurance professionals say mental health dives in 2020

19 October 2020

The number of insurance professionals reporting their mental health & wellbeing as “positive” or “neutral” has slumped by 19% since COVID-19 struck, compared with a fall of just 5% in banking, according to a survey from recruiter Hays...

Allianz, AIA join alliance to drive change in workplace mental health

19 October 2020

Allianz and life insurer AIA have joined forces with some of Australia’s biggest employers to tackle mental health issues in the workplace and get beyond a token “yoga and fruit bowl” approach to drive real change...

QBE appoints two members to Australia Pacific board

19 October 2020

QBE has appointed former NRMA Investments CEO Melanie Willis and former Westpac CIO David Curran as non-executive directors of its Australia Pacific board...

New Berkley website offers claims lodgment feature

19 October 2020

Berkley Insurance Australia launched its new website today after working on the revamp in the last few months...