Call for underwriting agency discipline
06 November 2007
The soft market is disproportionately affecting underwriting agencies, says Underwriting Agencies Council Chairman Murray Rogash…
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Allianz voted best insurer
06 November 2007
German insurer Allianz has been named General Insurer of the Year at the annual Australian Banking & Finance Awards in Sydney…
Hawker left exposed as IAG earnings drop
30 October 2007
Michael Hawker is fighting for his IAG career following an earnings downgrade and the appointment of insurance heavyweight Mike Wilkins as COO…
Performance pay dumped for Mulcahy
30 October 2007
A controversial new pay deal for Suncorp CEO John Mulcahy will remove all his performance hurdles and increase his pay in a deal likely to rile shareholders…
Gillard moratorium on Comcare
30 October 2007
A Federal Labor Government would put a freeze on companies entering the Comcare scheme until a new national workers' compensation framework is developed…
Insurance ranks grow
30 October 2007
The ranks of the insurance sector continue to prosper, with new census figures showing that nearly 40,000 people have entered the financial services industry since 2001…
Shareholders dump IBNA Chairman
23 October 2007
IBNA Chairman Graham Watman has been ousted by shareholders as head of the company in a stunning rebuke to the board…
AAMI chief Kay latest to quit Suncorp
23 October 2007
The ranks of former Promina executives at Suncorp have again thinned, with the head of AAMI stepping down "by mutual agreement"…
Risk technologies a boon for insurers
23 October 2007
Isn't the digital age wonderful? Google Earth allows householders to see their properties from space, and new online technology will allow residents and companies to…
NZ award finalists named
23 October 2007
New Zealand's peak broker body has announced the finalists for next month's national awards for excellence, which cover brokers, insurers, loss adjusters and service providers…
Share predators sneak up on IAG
23 October 2007
Stock market opportunists are hovering around IAG in the latest attempt to separate shareholders from their shares…
Super six for QBE
16 October 2007
QBE has taken home its sixth straight NIBA General Insurer of the Year accolade, the highest honour bestowed by the broking industry…
Smokin’ Joe fires at commissions
16 October 2007
Willis Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri has issued a blunt challenge to brokers to dump contingency commissions and embrace more innovative revenue streams…
Kiwi job losses coming: IAG
16 October 2007
IAG New Zealand intends to lay off up to 100 of its 2200 staff in the name of productivity improvements…
Insurers get off light after hailstorm
16 October 2007
Insured losses against a hailstorm that pelted Lismore in northern NSW last week are likely to be small, with most insurers reporting a trickle of claims…
DOFI exemptions a can of worms: lawyer
16 October 2007
Exemptions for offshore insurers will be a "liability can of worms" unless changes are made to simplify the three-part test, according to a prominent insurance lawyer…
Insurer regulations push out smaller operators
16 October 2007
A regulatory "revolution" sweeping the Asia-Pacific insurance sector will place a great burden on the region's many underdeveloped underwriters…
QBE wins in mine collapse case
16 October 2007
Miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb have been back on the surface for more than 17 months but the rockfall at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine is still causing havoc for their employers…
Flood cover door ajar – just
16 October 2007
Opposition to flood clauses in home insurance policies may be weakening, according to a new report from reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter…
Adler: time’s up
09 October 2007
Disgraced former HIH director Rodney Adler will walk free from a Hunter Valley jail on Saturday after serving the non-parole period of a four-and-a-half year sentence…