21 September 2009
Australia’s Financial Ombudsman Service appears to be moving in the same direction as its British counterpart, which has just started reporting on complaints received about individual businesses…
21 September 2009
Elias Anictomatis from the Northern Territory has won this year’s Warren Tickle Memorial Award for the insurance broking industry’s outstanding young professional…
21 September 2009
QBE has been named the National Insurance Brokers Association General Insurer of the Year for an eighth successive year…
21 September 2009
Insurers have given the thumbs-up to a new Australian design rule for the fronts of trucks that will prevent “under-run” collisions with smaller vehicle…
21 September 2009
Tony Butson, Chairman of NZ’s largest privately owned insurance brokerage Rothbury Group, has been elected the new President of the Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand…
21 September 2009
The financial crisis has sharpened directors’ focus on risk management, but this is not being backed by internal audits, a new survey has found…
21 September 2009
Insurance premiums won’t fall in NZ’s capital despite research showing the chances of a major earthquake rupturing on the Wellington fault line have halved…
21 September 2009
The National Insurance Brokers Association has made Paul Goddard an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his contribution to the broking community over two decades…
21 September 2009
Young people are more likely to drink-drive, speed and drag-race, according to insurer AAMI’s annual Young Drivers Index…
15 September 2009
The Australian insurance industry has proved “resilient” to a challenging economic and natural environment, according to the latest industry snapshot by KPMG…
14 September 2009
Insurers can relax – they’ve been spared from inclusion in a new federal consumer protection law…
14 September 2009
The Federal Government is making progress towards meeting the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission’s recommendations…
14 September 2009
Midwives attending home births have won a reprieve that allows them to practise legally without indemnity insurance until 2012…
14 September 2009
Allianz Australia has warned marine insurance clients to ensure they are adequately covered for piracy after reported incidents in the Gulf of Aden – a major Australian trade route – trebled last year…
14 September 2009
NZ insurer Southern Cross Travel Insurance and Allianz-underwritten Worldcare have come up trumps in a survey by financial services research firm Cannex…
14 September 2009
The National Insurance Brokers Association’s annual convention comes to the heart of the financial services industry next weekend…
07 September 2009
Many insurance industry staff will suffer pay cuts and have their award conditions watered down under a ruling last week by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission…
07 September 2009
The National Insurance Brokers Association has abandoned plans to mount a TV advertising campaign this year after most members knocked back demands that they contribute to its cost…
07 September 2009
Australian insurers are keen to expand further into Asia, although the “how” element is presenting challenges…
07 September 2009
The Federal Government is considering assistance for firms that are struggling to obtain short-term trade credit insurance within a tight global market…