Suncorp gives $150,000 to Red Cross cyclone fund
24 April 2017
Suncorp has donated $150,000 to the Australian Red Cross, to help residents in Queensland and NSW affected by flooding and property damage following Cyclone Debbie…
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XL Catlin names regional casualty chief
24 April 2017
XL Catlin has promoted Rory Morison to Head of International Casualty Asia-Pacific, based in Melbourne…
Allianz donation helps refugee students
24 April 2017
Allianz has donated $50,000 to a NSW scholarship fund that helps refugees…
Willis Towers Watson names regional director
24 April 2017
Willis Towers Watson has appointed James Leung as Regional Director, Business Development and Proposition, Health and Benefits, Asia and Australasia…
Allianz recruits Asia development head
24 April 2017
Allianz has appointed Julia Zheng Kuik as Head of Corporate Development, Asia-Pacific…
Insurance Advisernet comes of age
24 April 2017
Major brokerage Insurance Advisernet has turned 21…
Chubb appoints environmental underwriter
24 April 2017
Chubb has appointed Dean Osmond as Environmental Risk Underwriter in Australia…
Steadfast delegates dig deep to help traumatised children
10 April 2017
Steadfast brokers raised $226,000 for NSW charity KidsXpress last Tuesday at the group’s gala dinner in Sydney…
Gender diversity delivers financial gains: KPMG
10 April 2017
Businesses with women on their boards achieve better financial performances and shareholder returns, according to a KPMG study of mid-market companies…
Industry skills shortage continues: Hays
10 April 2017
Australian insurers are grappling with a shortage of skilled staff, including claims assessors for home and contents cover, according to recruitment company Hays…
UAC NZ seminar puts focus on cyber threat
10 April 2017
Cyber security in New Zealand is the focus of an Underwriting Agencies Council seminar in Auckland next month…
Suncorp returns to ‘heart of Christchurch’
10 April 2017
Suncorp New Zealand’s new office in central Christchurch symbolises the insurer’s dedication to rebuilding the city since the earthquakes of 2011, CEO Paul Smeaton says…
Gallagher Bassett names specialty markets manager
10 April 2017
Third-party claims administrator Gallagher Bassett has promoted Peter Tomkins to GM Specialty Markets…
Prudential director joins Suncorp board
10 April 2017
Prudential Corporation (Asia) non-executive director Simon Machell has been made a non-executive director with Suncorp…
icare names first foundation GM
10 April 2017
Amanda Keogh has been appointed inaugural GM of the icare foundation, launched last year to help injured workers, carers and their families…
Forum to hear Maldives case study
10 April 2017
McLarens Australia National Marine Manager John Cupitt will discuss an operation involving the world’s largest underwater restaurant at the next Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum meeting…
Debbie forces Steadfast brokers to miss forum
03 April 2017
Organisers of the Steadfast Convention being held in Sydney expect a number of delegates will have been forced to cancel because of the devastation caused by Cyclone Debbie…
Valerie Baker award finalists revealed
03 April 2017
The final four contenders for this year’s Valerie Baker Memorial Award have been announced…
Tributes paid to BJS broker
03 April 2017
Rod Luxford, Senior Account Manager at BJS Insurance Brokers, has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer…
Vero adds GIO workers’ comp to risk awards
03 April 2017
Vero’s RMAdvancer risk management awards have this year added a category for GIO workers’ compensation customers, with nominations opening today…