AMP NZ names new general insurance head
07 September 2015
AMP New Zealand has appointed Rob Dibley as Head of General Insurance…
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Austbrokers backs surf lifesavers
07 September 2015
Austbrokers has donated $5000 to Surf Life Saving Australia…
Melbourne marine forum takes Toll trip
07 September 2015
The Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum has organised an outing to Toll’s operations in Truganina, to show members the inner workings of a logistics group…
Industry performs poorly on executive gender equity
31 August 2015
Men still hold most business leadership positions and the insurance industry is among the worst when it comes to putting women in senior roles, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics…
Brisbane committee aims to force broker training rethink
31 August 2015
Insurance trainer the Financial Services School is driving the creation of an industry committee to push for changes to broking qualification courses…
NIBA names insurer of the year contenders
31 August 2015
Allianz, CGU and QBE have been named as finalists for the National Insurance Brokers Association general insurer of the year award…
AIMS sponsors Young Insurance Professionals
31 August 2015
Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services has signed a 12-month sponsorship deal with Young Insurance Professionals Australia and New Zealand…
ICNZ helps Pasifika students understand insurance
31 August 2015
Pasifika students in south Auckland will be among the first to learn about risk management and insurance via an Insurance Council of New Zealand interactive online tool…
NZ’s ACC joins forces with paralympians
31 August 2015
The Accident Compensation Corporation has partnered with Paralympics New Zealand to inspire people battling back from injury…
New COO joins Allianz Global Assistance NZ
31 August 2015
Allianz Global Assistance New Zealand has appointed Bart Taylor as COO…
IAG leads way at ANZIIF awards
24 August 2015
IAG won three awards at last week’s Australian Insurance Industry Awards in Sydney…
QBE backs social investment group
24 August 2015
QBE will invest $30 million in the initial public offering of an investment business that aims to deliver financial and social returns…
QBE replaces intermediaries EGM
24 August 2015
QBE veteran Jason Clarke has been appointed EGM Intermediary Distribution, four months after predecessor Tony MacRae left the company following a strategic review…
NTI adds to executive team
24 August 2015
National Transport Insurance has appointed Kerrie Challenor as GM of Human Resources, based at the truck insurer’s head office in Brisbane…
Quill Club event raises $27,000
24 August 2015
About $27,000 was raised for Parkinson’s Victoria at the Quill Club’s annual charity luncheon in Melbourne on Friday…
Gallagher Bassett names workers’ comp state manager
24 August 2015
Third-party claims administrator Gallagher Bassett has appointed Shaun Meehan as GM Workers’ Compensation for SA…
Brokerage supports client with ‘breast ever brunch’
24 August 2015
A breast cancer diagnosis for a client of Rockhampton’s Piranha Insurance Brokers resulted in a fundraising brunch involving the company’s staff, clients, families and friends…
Melbourne marine forum re-elects President
24 August 2015
The Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum has re-elected Gahan Nathanielsz of Richard Oliver Underwriting Managers as its President for a second year…
Aon volunteers help children’s refuge
24 August 2015
Aon has joined forces with Southern Cross Community Housing to provide a “complete makeover” at a women and children’s refuge in Nowra, NSW…
RMA changes leadership
24 August 2015
Westpac executive Catherine Thrum has been elected President of the Risk Management Association…