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Gallagher Re enhances APAC executive team
09 June 2022
Gallagher Re has named Andy Hulme as Head of Actuarial for Australia and New Zealand as it continues to bolster its executive team in the Asia Pacific region...
Broker profile: 'it's hectic but I love it'
09 June 2022
Perth-based Centrewest Insurance Brokers’ Candice Pratt says she learns something new every day since pivoting plans for a PE teaching career to take over her father’s client book...
Top guns invited to Bell Partners industry event
09 June 2022
Bell Partners Insurance welcomed key underwriting partners to a private, opening night screening of Top Gun: Maverick...
Renewals: catastrophe risks, cyber see mid-year challenges
26 May 2022
Property and casualty premium rates are on the rise again for the mid-year renewals, with rate gains moderating in some areas, while catastrophe-affected property faces challenges and cyber continues to climb...
Slow progress: brokers helping flood-hit clients through claims delays
26 May 2022
The waters may have subsided but for communities where businesses and homes were swept up in the NSW/Queensland floods, the ordeal is far from over, according to brokers who spoke with insuranceNEWS.com.au...
Complainant who threatened broker loses dispute
26 May 2022
Brookvale Insurance Brokers has won a dispute over alleged losses suffered by a client-turned-complainant who had demanded money and threatened to physically assault an employee...
'Underinsurance trap': brokers urged to help tackle rising concern
26 May 2022
The broking industry can play a critical role in stemming the issue of underinsurance by actively informing clients of the risk, BizCover says...
Network Insurance Group acquires boutique broker
26 May 2022
Steadfast subsidiary Network Insurance Group has reached an agreement to acquire Sydney-based brokerage Global Risks...
Broker profile: 'it just struck a chord'
26 May 2022
Sydney-based Tim Wedlock – MD at AEI Insurance Broking Group and Lex McKeown Trophy recipient, ANZIIF broking leader of the year 2018 and longstanding NIBA member – says the industry quickly hit the right note when he tried it on the advice of an uncle 35 years ago...
Honan report reveals Australia's costliest workplace injuries
26 May 2022
New data from Honan Insurance Group subsidiary Risksmart finds that shoulder injuries account for the most expensive claims made in Australia...
Industry battles 'talent drought' and spiralling wages
12 May 2022
Insurance brokers are facing a serious shortage of talent as a result of the ongoing impact of covid-related border closures and heightened wage expectations...
Changing market adds value to Tysers acquisition: AUB
12 May 2022
Global insurance patterns driven by climate change and rising demand for alternative risk solutions underscore the value of specialist capabilities provided by Lloyd’s broker Tysers, AUB CEO Mike Emmett says...
'Consummate broker': tributes continue to flow for Graham Stevens
12 May 2022
The broking industry has continued to pay tribute to Edgewise Director Graham Stevens, who died last week following a battle with cancer...
Suspended Mercedes driver wins disclosure failure dispute
12 May 2022
The owner of a Mercedes Benz insured for $142,000 has won a dispute after it was determined that an authorised representative (AR) who had been involved in Supreme Court action over his general conduct had failed to pass on information to the insurer...
Vero leads young broker 'give-back' expeditions to hard-struck towns
12 May 2022
Vero is escorting award-winning young brokers on “give back” community expeditions, raising funds for Australian towns hardest hit by natural catastrophes...
'Making a difference': CBN kindness project kicks off
12 May 2022
Community Broker Network has started a kindness campaign in partnership with Kindsum, a peer-to-peer platform connecting people who need help with those who can provide it...
Notes from San Francisco: Honan lists top client trends
12 May 2022
Honan has outlined the top four trends set to impact clients, identified after a cohort of leaders travelled to San Francisco for the 66th Worldwide Broker Network Global Conference...
British brokers rail against regulation burdens
12 May 2022
The increasing weight of regulation is impacting innovation and the delivery of benefits to customers, British Insurance Brokers’ Association Chairman Jonathan Evans told the group’s conference yesterday...
Broker profile: a chip off the old block
12 May 2022
Albany-based Luke Cameron, pictured, has not looked back since following his father and cousins into broking on discovering life as a tradie was not for him...
Resilium hires new managers
12 May 2022
Resilium says Belinda Basha has joined as Regional Manager NSW/ACT and Toni Watson as Business Development Manager...