Skills shortage heads insurer worries
13 November 2007
Critical labour shortages top insurers' list of concerns, according to the new JP Morgan/Deloitte General Insurance Industry Survey…
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Broker share remains strong
13 November 2007
Analysts are predicting commercial distribution channels will remain dominated by insurance brokers into the foreseeable future…
Cyclones: we’re in for a torrid time
13 November 2007
Australia is facing its worst tropical cyclone season for almost 10 years, according to weather experts from UK-based Tropical Storm Risk…
CGU joint venture targets financial risks
13 November 2007
CGU and niche commercial insurer Assetinsure have launched a new vehicle to sell financial risk cover…
Pensioners in consumer motor accolade
13 November 2007
Suncorp-owned Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency has the most satisfied car insurance policyholders, according to a survey by the independent consumer body Choice…
NZI tops Kiwi poll
13 November 2007
IAG subsidiary NZI has taken out the Insurer of the Year accolade across the Tasman in the inaugural Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand awards…
Promina exodus gathers pace at Suncorp
06 November 2007
The exodus of former Promina executives at Suncorp has quickened, with another two Vero managers tendering sudden resignations…
Insurance taxes must be dumped: economist
06 November 2007
Taxes on insurance products have been slammed as "simply a joke" by one of Australia's leading economists…
Insurers napping on policy innovation
06 November 2007
Insurers are failing their social responsibility by lacking tailored products for the poorer members of society, according to a top IAG executive…
Call for underwriting agency discipline
06 November 2007
The soft market is disproportionately affecting underwriting agencies, says Underwriting Agencies Council Chairman Murray Rogash…
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…