Hatton to take up role with Stream Group
22 April 2013
Bryce Hatton has been appointed GM Australia for claims service provider Stream Group…
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GIO appoints workers’ comp underwriting manager
22 April 2013
GIO Workers’ Compensation has appointed Tim Allen as Underwriting Manager ACT/National Accounts…
Categories added to industry awards
15 April 2013
Prizes honouring support for female workers and young professionals have been added to this year’s Australian Insurance Industry Awards…
NZ brokers focus on insurance changes post-Christchurch
15 April 2013
The New Zealand insurance industry will meet in Christchurch in August to discuss how the Canterbury earthquakes have changed broking in the country…
Affiliated FM reveals scholarship winner
15 April 2013
InterRisk broker Emma O’Rourke has won this year’s Affiliated FM Scholarship…
Tresidder broker wins Catlin scholarship
15 April 2013
Luke Chrzanowski, of Geelong-based Tresidder Insurance Brokers, has won this year’s Catlin London Educational Scholarship, which is awarded each year to a Steadfast broker aged under 30…
LMI recruits Victoria-Tasmania manager
15 April 2013
Claims management group LMI has appointed Steve Mann as State Manager for Victoria and Tasmania…
Zurich appoints customer care chief
15 April 2013
Zurich has appointed Anita Piccolo as Customer Care Manager, Queensland…
Steadfast/ANZIIF award winners named
15 April 2013
Winners of the Steadfast/Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance awards were revealed at the Steadfast Convention in Sydney last week…
Institute wants papers for injury seminar
15 April 2013
The Actuaries Institute is seeking papers for its Injury Schemes Seminar, which will focus on the complexity of supporting injured claimants at a time of low investment returns…
ANZIIF withdrawal leaves members uncertain, college says
08 April 2013
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance’s decision to step outside the New Zealand qualifications framework has left members unsure of the value of their certificates, a college…
Lockton lures Merritt to Perth
08 April 2013
US-based global broker Lockton has recruited former JLT Asia-Pacific CEO Warren Merritt to its Australian head office in Perth…
Gen Re fills marketing role
08 April 2013
Andrew Flitcroft has been appointed Marketing Manager for Gen Re’s property and casualty treaty business in Australia and New Zealand…
WR Berkley names new state managers
08 April 2013
WR Berkley Insurance Australia has appointed two state managers and a senior underwriter…
GIO strengthens national approach to workers’ comp
08 April 2013
Guy Stewart has been appointed National Portfolio Underwriting Specialist at GIO Workers’ Compensation…
Fitzpatrick to step down as ANZIIF CEO
25 March 2013
Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance CEO Joan Fitzpatrick will retire at the end of this year…
Insight announces new CEO
25 March 2013
Insight Australia Group has appointed Moira Kemp as its new CEO…
ANZIIF steps outside NZ qualifications framework
25 March 2013
New Zealand members of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance say they have been effectively cut out of the country’s qualifications framework following the institute’s decision…
Suncorp ironman does it for diabetes
25 March 2013
Suncorp Specialty Portfolio EM Chris Stallard will race in an ironman competition to raise funds for diabetes research…
Insight chairman steps down
18 March 2013
David Herlihy has retired as chairman of Insight Australia Group with immediate effect…