Former AFA president joins Asian board
22 August 2011
Former Association of Financial Advisers President James Taggart has been elected to join the board of an Asian financial advisers body…
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Allianz wins ANZIIF’s insurer of the year title
15 August 2011
Allianz Australia has been named the General Insurance Company of the Year at the 2011 Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance awards in Sydney last week…
Victoria names Warren Tickle Award finalist
15 August 2011
Nicholas Hodges from InterRisk has been named this year’s Warren Tickle Memorial Award finalist for Victoria and Tasmania…
New roles at Associated Marine
15 August 2011
Zurich’s Associated Marine business has filled two new positions arising from its recent operational review…
New IBANZ board has hefty agenda
15 August 2011
The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand’s new President Nick Cressey says the Christchurch earthquakes, new regulation, education and governance are among the issues facing the…
UAC endorses college’s agencies program
15 August 2011
The Underwriting Agencies Council has endorsed the new underwriting agencies education program offered by the College of Professional Education for Lloyd’s coverholders and their staff…
New life managers for NSW and SA
15 August 2011
CommInsure and Asteron have appointed new managers for NSW and SA…
NIBA College, Vero team to offer skills to young brokers
08 August 2011
Younger brokers will be able to gain presentation skills and mentoring strategies through a new professional development program offered by NIBA College…
It’s time to woo SMEs, brokers told
08 August 2011
Marketing researcher Ross Cameron says brokers must promote themselves to SME businesses now to counter increasing competition from direct insurers…
Registrations pour in for NIBA Convention
08 August 2011
National Insurance Brokers Association CEO Dallas Booth says registrations for next month’s NIBA Convention in Sydney are continuing to show strong interest from brokers and the wider industry…
Demand up, job satisfaction down
08 August 2011
Financial planning recruitment numbers are continuing to grow, but job satisfaction is a problem, recruiter eJobs says…
QBE loses SA boss to CGU
08 August 2011
QBE’s SA State Manager James Frankenfeld has left the company to join CGU…
IBNA and Insight deny merger talks
01 August 2011
Broker networks Insurance Brokers Network Australia and Insight Insurance Brokers Association have denied they are in discussions about the possibility of a merger…
Zurich revamps local claims management
01 August 2011
Zurich has appointed state customer care managers to act as a link between brokers, customers and local claims teams…
Good salaries for the right people – recruiter
01 August 2011
An insurance broker in Perth will earn $70,000-$100,000, according to the latest salary survey by recruitment consultants Robert Walters…
Altiora mourns Nick Hogarth
01 August 2011
Altiora Insurance underwriting executive Nick Hogarth died suddenly last week…
More Tickle award finalists named
25 July 2011
Two more young brokers have been named as state finalists in the annual competition to win the prestigious Warren Tickle Memorial Award…
New national operations manager joins NIBA
25 July 2011
Kathy Davis has joined the National Insurance Brokers Association as National Operations Manager…
Union seeks pay parity for women
25 July 2011
The Financial Services Union is calling for industry comment on new gender equity standards, which aim to even out the playing field for women – at least as far as salaries are concerned…
US disaster expert for Victorian conference
25 July 2011
A leading expert on natural disasters will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Victorian Managed Insurance Authority conference in Melbourne next month…