Aon Benfield scholarship winner announced
12 June 2012
Aon Benfield Australia and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance have awarded the 2012 Aon Benfield Scholarship to Emma Coppin…
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Insight conference set for Cairns
12 June 2012
Insight Insurance Brokers Association will hold its annual conference in Cairns on April 18-21 next year…
AFA Adviser of the Year award open
12 June 2012
Nominations for the 2012 Association of Financial Advisers Adviser of the Year Award have opened…
King makes move to Chartis
04 June 2012
Jared King, QBE’s National Underwriting Manager – International Brokers, is moving to Chartis Australia to head up its commercial lines business…
Borrelli joins NTI
04 June 2012
National Transport Insurance has appointed former Zurich GM Customer Distribution and Marketing Lou Borrelli as GM Corporate…
Salaries set for moderate increase
04 June 2012
Insurance professionals can expect a moderate salary increase this year, according to recruitment agency Hays…
AICLA appoints CEO
04 June 2012
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters has promoted Administration Officer Tony Libke to the new role of CEO…
Suncorp measures ‘responsible approach’
04 June 2012
Suncorp says its approach to corporate social responsibility continues to be integral to how it does business…
Loss adjuster/mentor dies
04 June 2012
Well-known Sydney loss adjuster Vin Gallagher has died at the age of 55…
Top guns for AFA roadshow
04 June 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers will have Australian Securities and Investments Commission Commissioner Peter Kell and Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann speaking at its national…
Work-related travel takes toll on insurance workers’ health
28 May 2012
Almost 20% of workers who travel for their jobs believe it has a negative effect on their health, a Medibank survey of 400 insurance and finance workers shows…
Victoria University launches postgraduate insurance course
28 May 2012
A Graduate Certificate in Insurance Law and Practice will be offered at Melbourne’s Victoria University from July…
Former SUA shareholder dies after long illness
28 May 2012
Former Specialist Underwriting Agencies shareholder Denis Clarke has died after a long illness…
Women sceptical about workplace equality
28 May 2012
A survey of New Zealand-based financial services professionals suggests the sector’s view of itself as one of the leaders in promoting gender diversity is flawed…
AFA female adviser award opens
28 May 2012
Entries for the Association of Financial Advisers’ 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award have opened…
Birch steps up to Finsia presidency
28 May 2012
Macquarie Capital Advisers Executive Director Marianne Birch is the new President of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia…
ANZIIF dumps committees in restructure
21 May 2012
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance is disbanding its Academic Council and a number of key committees as it continues to restructure from state-based committees…
Speech leads to $17,475 donation
21 May 2012
A speech by McGrath Foundation director Tracy Bevan at last week’s Insight Insurance Brokers Association conference in Adelaide resulted in an impromptu whip-around by brokers and commercial partners…
Insurance archive goes to Victorian library
21 May 2012
Suncorp has donated a large insurance archive dating back to the 1830s to the State Library of Victoria…
Broker Guy Stening dies at 45
21 May 2012
Sydney broker and online insurance innovator Guy Stening has died from septicaemia at the age of 45…