Reach lunch raises $80,000
09 December 2013
Melbourne brokerage McLardy McShane’s annual Reach Christmas Lunch has raised $80,000 to help disengaged young people…
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TurksLegal scholarship winner named
09 December 2013
CGU manager Charlotte Campbell has won the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and TurksLegal Claims Scholarship…
HDI-Gerling adds to marine team
09 December 2013
HDI-Gerling has expanded its Australasian team with the appointment of Ruth Barr as a marine specialist and Ian Cook McCarry as Marine Risk Engineer…
Brooks joins JLT as Claims MD
02 December 2013
Former Zurich EGM Claims Steve Brooks will join JLT Australia in the new year as MD Claims…
Bell joins Actuaries Institute as CEO
02 December 2013
The Actuaries Institute has appointed David Bell as CEO and announced it is bidding to host the 2022 International Congress of Actuaries…
New board members sign on at ANZIIF
02 December 2013
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has welcomed new CEO Prue Willsford and Lumley New Zealand executive Paul Munton to its board…
Suncorp makes smart move in Melbourne
02 December 2013
Suncorp has moved into two new “smart” offices in Melbourne…
Centrepoint snaps up Premium Funding manager
02 December 2013
Centrepoint Alliance Insurance Premium Funding has recruited Janet Rayner from Premium Funding Pty Ltd as its GM East Coast Sales and Marketing…
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…
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…