QBE wins seventh straight insurer of the year title
22 September 2008
QBE has won its seventh straight NIBA General Insurer of the Year accolade at the NIBA Convention in Darwin...
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Zurich boss disappointed at sunk flood definition
22 September 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia CEO David Smith is disappointed that an industry approach to a common flood definition for now appears dead and buried...
Credit insurance claims hit record high
22 September 2008
Credit insurance claims are increasing across almost all industries, according to Australia and NZ’s largest credit insurance broker and risk manager...
Steve Ball wins NIBA lifetime achievement award
22 September 2008
Jardine Lloyd Thompson senior executive Steve Ball has been awarded NIBA’s Lex McKeown Trophy for outstanding service to broking and the association...
Young WA broker takes top award
22 September 2008
WA broker Ian Poustie has been named winner of the Warren Tickle Memorial Award for young brokers...
ANZIIF launches scholarship, website
22 September 2008
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has launched its new Generation i website, www.theinstitute.com.au/gen-i...
NIBA adopts a new image
22 September 2008
NIBA has revealed a new corporate image at its convention in Darwin...
Insurers to be hit by weather and weaker economy
15 September 2008
Severe weather events are no longer unusual and insurers’ pricing models must reflect this, according to KPMG...
Methane leak payouts unlikely
15 September 2008
The insurance industry is likely to find itself dragged into the case of a Melbourne suburb that is sitting on leaking methane gas...
Insurance boost to avoid another equine flu disaster
15 September 2008
As Melbourne gears up for its iconic spring racing carnival, it’s taking out a $100 million insurance policy against an equine influenza outbreak similar to the one that last year…
Car thieves turning to motorbikes
15 September 2008
A steady decline in the number of passenger/light vehicle thefts has been recorded over the past year, but motorcycle thefts are rising…
AAMI is seeing stars
15 September 2008
And now to the horoscopes… AAMI has found moody Cancerians, unpredictable Aquarians and fatalistic Capricorns are more likely to crash their cars than other astrological star signs...
Businesses trading with China warned
15 September 2008
Australian businesses trading with China have been warned that the number of non-payments from Chinese businesses is on the increase...
NIBA brokers flock to Darwin
15 September 2008
More than 700 insurance professionals will travel to Darwin later this week to attend the annual NIBA Convention, which is being held in the Top End for the first time...
Local law expert wins British book prize
15 September 2008
Sydney lawyer Ian Enright has won the 2008 British Insurance Law Association Book Prize awarded for the most notable contribution to literature in the field of insurance law...
ICA flood decision disappoints brokers, consumers
08 September 2008
Brokers and consumer law advocates say they’re disappointed by the Insurance Council of Australia’s decision not to revise its common flood definition after it was rejected last week...
Beechwood Homes owner ‘far from satisfied’ with insurer
08 September 2008
New Beechwood Homes owner Vic Cavasinni says he is “far from satisfied” at being required to pay a substantial indemnity to home warranty insurer Vero...
Insurer aims for smarter approach to flood risks
08 September 2008
New Zealand insurers are “right on the edge” over providing flood insurance as a standard feature of policies, according to IAG NZ CEO Ian Foy...
Jockeys ready to strike over insurance
08 September 2008
Australia’s racing industry could come to a halt if funding for an insurance scheme for jockeys is not accepted...
Website ordered to change name
08 September 2008
InsuranceNEWS.com.au has been ordered by a federal magistrate to change its name and write to its subscribers advising it has no connection with a website…