The Broker

Skills crunch puts brokers in high demand

09 June 2022

Brokers are the fourth most sought after workers for insurance employers in Australia – and number two in New Zealand – as unemployment heads to 50-year lows and organisations struggle to secure skilled staff, recruiter Hays says...

Global broking fees and commissions jump to $190 billion

09 June 2022

Global broking fees and commissions rose 12.5% last year to $US137.6 billion driven by underlying premium rates and a further shift to digital and advice-led distribution, a report by a marketing and consultancy firm says...

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...

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...

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...

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...