Sydney gets ball rolling on Lloyd’s diversity festival
19 September 2016
The Lloyd’s global diversity and inclusion festival Dive In begins in Sydney next Monday and will run for three days…
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Townsville to host industry fundraiser
19 September 2016
The biennial North Queensland Insurance Charity Benefit and Trade Show returns to Townsville next month…
Steadfast parts ways with placements GM
19 September 2016
Steadfast Placement Solutions GM Eric Richardson has left the company…
NSW practice wins Resilium award
19 September 2016
Suncorp advisory business Resilium has presented its Fire Helmet Award to Joe Carrigan from Central Coast-based Reflective Insurance Services…
QBE tech chief in running for leadership award
19 September 2016
QBE Head of Technology Helen Longland has been named as a finalist in the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards…
Manning aids new broking course
19 September 2016
The Financial Services School has established an accredited technical insurance quality learning program and continued professional development program for brokers…
NIBA Convention sets course for Sydney
19 September 2016
Next year’s National Insurance Brokers Association Convention will take place at Sydney’s new International Convention Centre, which is expected to open in December…
Broker pitches in for charity client
19 September 2016
North Sydney-based Mooneys Insurance Brokers raised about $20,000 at its annual charity golf event, to help the Heal For Life Foundation…
ANZIIF unveils NZ award finalists
19 September 2016
IAG, Vero and Willis Towers Watson are among the contenders in the annual New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards, to be presented in Auckland on November 10…
NIBA protects brokers against ‘chest-beating legislators’
12 September 2016
Governments and legislators don’t understand the value insurance brokers bring to insurance, and the National Insurance Brokers Association fights every day to ensure brokers’ views are heard, says NIBA President Graham Stevens…
Austbrokers pair scoop NIBA broker awards
12 September 2016
Austbrokers Coast to Coast MD Dale Hansen has won the National Insurance Brokers Association broker of the year award, while Noel Kelly of Austbrokers AEI Transport has taken top honours in the young professional broker category…
EML wins Swiss Re worker rehab award
12 September 2016
Workers’ compensation mutual EML has won a Swiss Re-Insurance Council of Australia award recognising innovative approaches to returning people to work…
AIMS and Steadfast managers join NIBA board
12 September 2016
Steadfast’s Nick Cook and Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services’ Glenn Schultz will join the National Insurance Brokers Association board from next month…
AILA reveals conference theme, speakers
12 September 2016
The Australian Insurance Law Association has announced its national conference from October 12-14 will have the theme “game-changers”…
EML announces senior appointments
12 September 2016
Workers’ compensation mutual EML has hired former Cover-More executive Tracey Harris as Group Executive Corporate Services…
Correction
12 September 2016
In last week’s bulletin we reported that Team Insight at GIO had been named as a finalist in the “outstanding contribution by a team” category in the Insurance & Care NSW performance awards…
Innovation earns plaudits at ANZIIF awards
05 September 2016
Suncorp won the innovation of the year and insurance leader of the year categories at last week’s Australian Insurance Industry Awards in Sydney…
CGU names Benchmark winners
05 September 2016
More than 100 brokers and clients attended the 21st Benchmark Awards hosted by CGU in Sydney last Thursday…
ANZIIF unveils innovative education program
05 September 2016
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance’s new training courses will be conducted entirely in virtual classrooms as the institute responds to the industry’s changing educational needs…
Terrorism conference ‘offers global insight’
05 September 2016
The Global Terrorism Risk Insurance Conference in Canberra next month will give a unique insight into the sector, organisers say…