UAC seeks new strategic partner
25 July 2016
The Underwriting Agencies Council is seeking expressions of interest and formal applications for a new strategic underwriting partner following Vero’s decision to end its five-year sponsorship…
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NIBA names Queensland, SA award winners
25 July 2016
Austbrokers Coast to Coast MD Dale Hansen has won the National Insurance Brokers Association’s broker of the year award for Queensland…
Financial sector plans to hire more staff
25 July 2016
The insurance industry is contributing to a buoyant outlook for the jobs market, according to the latest report from recruitment company Hudsons…
QBE sponsorship gets show on the road
25 July 2016
QBE is to sponsor Opera Australia’s regional tour of The Marriage of Figaro…
ICNZ sets conference date
25 July 2016
The Insurance Council of New Zealand will hold its national conference on November 7, at Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland…
Allianz names new corporate manager
25 July 2016
Allianz has announced the appointment of Glen Drinnan as GM Corporate and New Zealand in the broker and agency division, effective from August 15…
XL Catlin appoints A&H head
25 July 2016
XL Catlin has named former Zurich underwriter Nicole Yates as Head of Accident & Health for its Australian business…
Quill Club targets funds for spinal disease
25 July 2016
Melbourne’s Quill Club aims to raise more than $30,000 for the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association of Australia at its annual charity luncheon next month…
Dual announces staff changes
25 July 2016
Dual has appointed Mathew Korff as National Claims Manager, taking over from Bernadette Casey, who left the business earlier this month…
Vale the flying loss adjuster
25 July 2016
Geoffrey Seymour, a much-loved loss adjuster who was well known in the 1960s for flying his Cessna light aircraft to service claimants in country Victoria and NSW, has died peacefully in Melbourne, aged 88
NIBA names NSW/ACT award winners
18 July 2016
Dunk Insurance MD John Dunk has won the National Insurance Brokers Association’s broker of the year award for NSW and the ACT…
Vero tutors brokers on SMEs
18 July 2016
Vero has introduced a free online tutorial to help brokers better understand the needs of SME clients…
Brooklyn Uni rolls out new subjects
18 July 2016
Brooklyn Underwriting’s education website, Brooklyn University, has unveiled three new subjects…
Registrations open for UAC Adelaide expo
18 July 2016
The Underwriting Agencies Council has started taking registrations, including from exhibitors, for the Adelaide Underwriting Expo on August 25…
Allianz appoints Vic workers’ comp manager
18 July 2016
Allianz has appointed Julie Mitchell as GM Victorian Workers’ Compensation…
APIG begins search for Frank Earl Award winner
18 July 2016
The Australian Professional Indemnity Group has opened nominations for this year’s Frank Earl Award, recognising excellence in the insurance industry’s professional lines sector…
QBE names regional marine specialist
18 July 2016
QBE has appointed Ross Lawrenson as Southern Regional Manager Marine Specialty, replacing Tim Air following his promotion to National Manager Marine Specialty Risks…
Law firm raises cash to help African children
18 July 2016
Insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney collected $2000 at a fundraiser in Melbourne as part of its partnership with education charity So They Can…
QBE brings in Allianz manager
11 July 2016
QBE has appointed Andrew Broughton as EGM for Corporate Partners and Direct, starting in January…
NIBA names prize-winning WA brokers
11 July 2016
Neil Gray has won the National Insurance Brokers Association WA broker of the year award…