The Broker

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...

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...

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...