AILA prize goes to Peter Mann
05 November 2012
The Australian Insurance Law Association Prize has been awarded to Clayton Utz partner Peter Mann…
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Adroit Insurance and Cotton On run for sick children
05 November 2012
Victorian broker Adroit Insurance Group has teamed up with the Cotton On Foundation to raise more than $167,000 for the children’s ward at Ballarat Base Hospital in regional Victoria…
Tasmanian takes up presidency of AICLA
29 October 2012
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters has elected a new board, with Tasmanian adjuster Michael Cooke being named the new president…
Zurich tells brokers to build brands online
29 October 2012
Social media is no silver bullet, but it enhances relationships and lets brokers reach new contacts, according to Zurich Head of Customer and Product Proposition Nick Cook…
Chartis announces new A&H head, promotes another
29 October 2012
Chartis has appointed Tim Christian as Head of Corporate Accident and Health in Australia…
OAMPS and client win new Lumley award
29 October 2012
Timber company AKD Softwoods and its broker OAMPS have won Lumley’s inaugural Corporate Solutions – Property award…
Even baking comes with a risk
29 October 2012
Lamington drives and bake sales are now run with sound risk management practices, according to Vero…
NSW AR wins two excellence awards
29 October 2012
Austbrokers has named Craig Fretwell as the NSW and overall national winner of this year’s Frank Earl Platinum Award…
AFA hails rising star Hale
29 October 2012
Matt Hale, a planner with Financial Design For Life in Victoria, has been named this year’s Association of Financial Advisers’ Rising Star…
Target Group makes key appointments
29 October 2012
Auckland-based Target Harlosh has appointed David Conway as Head of Delivery Services for Australia and New Zealand…
Insurance employment riding high
22 October 2012
Employment sentiment in the insurance industry remains strong, despite lingering uncertainty in the broader financial services sector, according to the latest Hays report…
Wesfarmers working on being more sustainable
22 October 2012
Water consumption has fallen at Wesfarmers Insurance but the workplace safety record has risen dramatically…
AMP graduates get degree opportunity
22 October 2012
AMP will offer graduates of its Horizons Academy the chance to become degree-qualified, in a partnership with the University of New South Wales…
Who beat the boss?
22 October 2012
A team from Wesfarmers won the Create Foundation’s annual Beat the Bosses quiz…
NIBA takes 2013 convention to Melbourne
15 October 2012
The National Insurance Brokers Association’s annual convention will be held in Melbourne next year, with an intensive survey of delegates to this year’s Gold Coast event expected to help set the agenda…
IBNA appoints new board members
15 October 2012
Insurance Brokers Network Australia’s new board says enhancing its products and establishing its BrokersIT platform are priorities for the year ahead…
Lumley’s Ford moves on
15 October 2012
Lumley Finance GM Corporate Development Neville Ford is leaving the Wesfarmers stable to run the broking operation of another insurer, believed to be Hollard…
CQIB president retires
15 October 2012
Alan Schafer has retired as president of the Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers…
More NZ awards finalists announced
15 October 2012
Lumley, NZI and Vero have been named finalists in the Intermediated Insurance Company of the Year category at the New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards…
UAC broadens membership criteria
15 October 2012
The Underwriting Agencies Council is widening its membership criteria to cater for the wide range of organisations that now want to join…