QBE Foundation sponsors MS appeal
02 December 2013
Former Test cricketer Dean Jones will travel from Melbourne to Sydney this month to raise money for multiple sclerosis sufferers, with support from the QBE Foundation…
The Professional
Industry future on table at ANZIIF breakfast
02 December 2013
A panel of industry heavyweights will debate the market outlook at the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance general insurance breakfast in Sydney…
Ace appoints Asia-Pacific surety head
02 December 2013
Ace Insurance has appointed Brian Reynolds as Asia-Pacific Regional Manager of Surety, based in Sydney…
Lloyd’s Market Association to form PI group
02 December 2013
The Lloyd’s Market Association will create an international professional indemnity interest group for underwriters, in response to members’ requests…
AIG secures Sue Ronai award
25 November 2013
AIG has won the Sue Ronai Memorial Excellence in Claims Award for a second consecutive year…
Suncorp loses Fenech to AMP
25 November 2013
AMP has appointed Natasha Fenech as MD of its self-managed super fund business…
Liberty’s Gardiner returns to Australia
25 November 2013
Liberty International Underwriters VP Energy and Power Generation Asia-Pacific Brett Gardiner has returned to work in the company’s Sydney office, to head the power generation business in Australia…
Ace appoints NZ claims manager
25 November 2013
Ace Insurance has appointed Christopher Munden as New Zealand Claims Manager…
RIMS set for Melbourne risk forum
25 November 2013
The Risk and Insurance Management Society’s Australasian chapter will hold its first event in Melbourne next week…
Adroit golf day raises $90,000
25 November 2013
More than 170 golfers from the insurance and wider business community raised $90,000 at Adroit Insurance Group’s annual charity golf day last week…
Ace volunteers give back to community
25 November 2013
More than 140 Ace Insurance employees took part in volunteer activities across Australia and New Zealand, as part of a regional “day of service”…
OAMPS recruits new broking chief
18 November 2013
OAMPS Insurance Brokers has appointed UK-based Sarah Lyons as its Head of Commercial Broking, to replace Mark Bradley who left the company earlier this year to rejoin Allianz Australia…
Lumley recognises leaders in risk management
18 November 2013
A mobile nursing service is one of four Australian companies to win a risk management prize in this year’s Lumley Insurance Benchmark Awards…
Suncorp offers education to injury claims managers
18 November 2013
Suncorp says it is leading the way in staff education, as tertiary qualifications or their equivalent become a requirement for its personal injury claims managers…
Whitbread celebrates 35 years
18 November 2013
Melbourne-based brokerage Whitbread Insurance Brokers celebrated its 35th anniversary last week…
NIBA reports surge to broker website
18 November 2013
A spate of natural disasters has driven a rise in enquiries to the National Insurance Brokers Association’s broker search website and call centre…
Loss adjusters to hear negotiator’s tricks of the trade
11 November 2013
Renowned loss adjuster Alan Cleary will discuss negotiating skills at the Asian Claims Convention in Singapore next year…
Insurance groups celebrate end of self-education cap
11 November 2013
Insurance educators have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to scrap a $2000 annual cap on tax-deductible self-education expenses…
Gold Seal renews call for Valerie Baker award entries
11 November 2013
Gold Seal says more nominations are being welcomed for the inaugural Valerie Baker Memorial Award, which recognises excellence in the general insurance intermediary sector…
Industry outlook on the menu at ANZIIF breakfast
11 November 2013
A panel of insurance executives will discuss the industry’s future at this year’s Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance general insurance breakfast in Sydney…