NIBA disputes dispute resolution cap
10 November 2008
NIBA has opposed the corporate regulator’s proposal to impose uniform dispute resolution services and raise the compensation limit by 280%...
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Software provider puts Kiwis on UK nightshift
10 November 2008
UK insurance software house Transactor Global Solutions plans to open an office in Auckland so it can serve UK brokers 24 hours a day...
Super-institute: ANZIIF to merge with Britain’s CII
03 November 2008
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has announced its plan to merge with the UK-based Chartered Insurance Institute ...
Market set to harden
03 November 2008
Industry heavyweights say Australian insurers are well placed to ride out the storm as the world economy deteriorates, with premium rates set to harden...
Economy a short-term problem, but climate change is here for good
03 November 2008
The financial crisis will take its toll on Australia but the insurance industry’s focus needs to be on climate change, according to the Head of Swiss Re Australia and NZ…
NZI makes it two in a row at IBANZ awards
03 November 2008
NZI has been named Insurer of the Year for the second year in a row at the Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand awards...
AIG scare prompts insurance buyers to consider multiple carriers
03 November 2008
Major brokers in Australia agree the AIG crisis is prompting larger businesses to want more than one insurer involved when they place business...
Turnbull’s HIH nightmare near end?
03 November 2008
Parties involved in the HIH Insurance case involving Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull appear to be close to settlement...
Harry Dickinson dead at 90
03 November 2008
Interruption Underwriting Agencies founder Harry Dickinson Snr died at the weekend. He was 90 years old...
Marsh chief sees premium rises on the way
27 October 2008
The local commercial insurance market is in for a “correction” in rates, but not on the scale of the premium rises of the 1990s, according to Marsh Pacific CEO David Bidmead...
NZ brokers ‘cautiously optimistic’ as recession hits
27 October 2008
New Zealand insurers are toughening up their underwriting and raising rates as the country slides into a recession...
ANZIIF careers initiative touts ‘sexy side’ of insurance
27 October 2008
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has launched its largest ever career initiative to address the skills shortage and attract more talent…
No silver bullet solution to climate change: Zurich
27 October 2008
Insurers are reluctant to look at climate change as an opportunity rather than a risk, according to a new Zurich Australia report...
Uncertainty pervades global risk
27 October 2008
Risk management has become an extremely uncertain practice due to financial market complexity and spiralling catastrophe costs, according to KPMG analyst Andries Terblanche...
New president, deputy for AICLA
27 October 2008
Ian McWalter of NSW loss adjusting firm Technical Assessing has stepped up to the plate as the new President of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters...
Meteorologists issue warning ahead of tropical cyclone season
27 October 2008
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has warned Queenslanders the coming tropical cyclone season will be on “the upper side of normal”...
QBE grabs another gong
27 October 2008
QBE has taken out the top award at the Australian Banking and Finance Magazine Insurance Awards in Sydney...
Insurers dominate personal injury awards
27 October 2008
Insurers have dominated the 2008 Excellence in Personal Injury Management Awards...
Parking prangs rack up $43 million
27 October 2008
NRMA Insurance has taken in 27,000 claims for parking accidents in NSW in the past year – and it says most occur in shopping centres...
NSW broker ‘lucky’ over fake policies
20 October 2008
A NSW insurance broker who sold fraudulent policies to sporting organisations is a lucky man, according to a leading consumer protection advocate...