The Broker
'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...
Australian capacity opens up as hard market eases: Gallagher
28 April 2022
An easing of the four-year hard market has seen local underwriters accepting some risks that had been placed overseas during the height of the tough conditions, a Gallagher report says...
PSC acquires Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers
28 April 2022
PSC Insurance Group will acquire regional Victorian business Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers for $17.5 million...
Pulse check: brokers most confident, business sentiment survey finds
28 April 2022
Brokers and the broader general insurance intermediary sector are most upbeat about their prospects for this year, according to a Macquarie Bank business sentiment survey...
Floods fallout: insurers look to reduce exposure, Honan says
28 April 2022
Insurers’ risk appetite has dampened further as the industry continues to count the cost of the NSW/Queensland catastrophe, which has now surpassed the 2011 Brisbane event as the country’s most expensive flood disaster...
Broker not liable for $340,000 claim despite breach
28 April 2022
An organisation seeking more than $340,000 in compensation from Community Broker Network (CBN) has lost a claim dispute, although the dispute resolution body says poor record keeping by the broker breached its duty of care...
Eight ways broker clients can soften tough cyber terms
28 April 2022
Securing the right cyber insurance has become even tougher over the past year but there’s a lot brokers can do to help clients best place themselves for the fairest rate possible in this hard market...
Broker profile: a hands-on approach
28 April 2022
Geelong born and bred Mitchell Wight, Senior Broking Executive at Integral Insurance Services, pictured, is valued by clients as an advocate who is in their corner...
BizCover for Brokers platform doubles user numbers
28 April 2022
BizCover says it has seen a 105% jump in sign-ups to its BizCover for Brokers platform since the start of the covid pandemic as the Australian broking community embraces insurtechs to manage frustration with insurer service levels during tough market conditions...
Call of duty: brokers rise to covid, bushfires challenges
14 April 2022
Brokers have received high praise over the way they have reached out to help clients with financial challenges caused by the pandemic, Black Summer bushfires and other natural disasters...
Flood claims keep climbing as cost hits $2.5 billion
14 April 2022
The Insurance Council of Australia now estimates the cost of recent east coast flooding at $2.49 billion and says the number of claims lodged, currently 177,630, will continue to rise...
Brakes go on legislation as election looms
14 April 2022
A number of bills relating to the insurance industry have lapsed following the calling of the federal election and the demise of all unpassed legislation...
NIBA seeks Broker of the Year nominations
14 April 2022
The National Insurance Brokers Association is inviting nominations for its 2022 Broker of the Year, and says this year each state winner will for the first time be awarded a $2000 prize to go towards professional development...