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NIBA names top broker, rising star as 2026 awards wrap up

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:12:05 GMT

Alison Gemmell and Alyssa Sanfilippo took top honours at the NIBA Convention this week...

Final call for UAC Leadership Academy intake

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:01:56 GMT

Applications for the Underwriting Agencies Council Leadership Academy’s class of ’27 close on Friday as the program builds on the success of its first year...

NIBA crowns community hero

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:01:52 GMT

Affinity Insurance Brokers client director Paul Davenport has won NIBA’s community excellence member of the year award...

NIBA reveals claims award winner

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:08:19 GMT

Gallagher senior technical claims lead for construction Maree Solvyns has won the claims broker of the year award from NIBA...

Toolkit helps brokers find and develop interns

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:07:30 GMT

The National Insurance Brokers Association today launched a toolkit designed to give small and medium brokerages a structure for recruiting, onboarding and developing new talent...

SRG adds to credit and political risk unit

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:07:15 GMT

Specialist Risk Group has appointed Simon McMahon to its credit and political risk insurance team...

Criterion brings in commercial distribution exec

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:07:12 GMT

Craig Mauger has joined Criterion Underwriting as executive director for commercial distribution, as the agency expands its property and liability offering, its reinsurance business and its structured risk solutions and surety capabilities...

AiBEC to host inaugural awards night

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:07:10 GMT

The Association of Insurance Building and Engineering Consultants will hold its first awards dinner in Sydney on November 12...

Marine forum examines war threat

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:05:00 GMT

The Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum will hold a roundtable on “war risks in an increasingly unstable world” on October 22 after its annual meeting...

INsight podcast: Hollard’s good faith fine and what it means

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:48:05 GMT

A $2 million fine imposed on Hollard for claim handling failures is one of the main topics discussed on the latest Insurance News podcast...

ANZIIF names New Zealand awards contenders

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:08:44 GMT

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has announced the finalists for its NZ awards program...

Last chance to sign up for free webinar on ‘fixing communication’

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:06:55 GMT

An Insurance News webinar takes place tomorrow at 10.30am, focused on how insurers can turn around communication with customers that too often is “fragmented and failing”...

NIBA Convention sells out

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:01:31 GMT

More than 1000 delegates have registered for the sold-out NIBA Convention, up from 890 last year...

ASIC reveals conference program

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:03:44 GMT

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Annual Forum next month will focus on “staying ahead of the next wave” of global change...

On the move: new roles at Swiss Re, Marsh, Knightcorp and Lockton

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:00:48 GMT

Adnan Bhat has joined Swiss Re Corporate Solutions as vice president – global network manager for Asia-Pacific, based in India...

QBE Foundation backs more community projects

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:00:34 GMT

The QBE Foundation has awarded $600,000 to 12 charity and community organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific through its local grants program...

Insurer backs bid to make disaster-ready kids

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:00:27 GMT

QBE has joined the Australian Red Cross and Save the Children’s 54 Reasons operation to form Kids Ready, Community Ready – a child-centred disaster resilience partnership...

NIBA reveals insurer award finalists

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:45 GMT

Chubb, Vero and Zurich are in the running for this year’s NIBA large general insurer award...

INsight podcast: Suncorp denies takeover ‘speculation’

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:48:10 GMT

Suncorp’s statement on takeover speculation is the first item discussed on this week’s Insurance News podcast...

RAA's Daley joins NIH as SA, national market manager

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:38:17 GMT

Lisa Daley has been appointed GM for South Australia at Network Insurance House...