03 October 2011
Claims, distribution, finance, recoveries, settlement and administrative functions are currently being scoped by Suncorp for their potential to be offshored, according to the Finance Sector Union…
03 October 2011
Financial services jobs could increase in number over the next few months, according to an independent recruitment report…
03 October 2011
Financial services companies are often very bad at communicating their strategic decisions to the employees who actually deal with customers, according to a leading personnel consultant…
03 October 2011
Allianz Australia has appointed Telstra’s Group MD for Innovation, Products and Marketing Kate McKenzie to its board of directors…
26 September 2011
Listed insurer Calliden is offering one of its employees the chance to join explorer Robert Swan on his expedition to the Antarctic in February…
26 September 2011
Next year’s National Insurance Brokers Association Convention will return to Jupiters Broadbeach on the Gold Coast from October 6 to 9…
26 September 2011
Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield will hold its 12th Hazards Conference on the topic of “catastrophic complexity” from Thursday to Saturday on the Gold Coast…
26 September 2011
Gender diversity in insurance can be improved if managers slow down the hiring process and look among a wider talent pool…
26 September 2011
Victorian young financial advisers are dominating this year’s Association of Financial Advisers Rising Star of the Year Award…
26 September 2011
Schroder Investment Management CEO Greg Cooper has been elected as Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Council…
19 September 2011
Former National Insurance Brokers Association Brokers president Steve Lardner has been awarded the Lex McKeown Trophy for services to broking and the association…
19 September 2011
Perth broker Luke Goss has won the Warren Tickle Memorial Award for the outstanding young professional broker of 2011…
19 September 2011
Suncorp has hit back against union claims that thousands of jobs could be at risk if the company goes ahead with further offshoring, with a Suncorp spokesman describing the union’s comments…
19 September 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia has made a number of board changes, including the promotion of Suncorp Personal Insurance CEO Mark Milliner to Deputy President…
19 September 2011
Queensland broker Danny Gumm has been elected the new chairman of the Insight Insurance Brokers Association…
19 September 2011
BT’s Andrew Prichard has won this year’s ALUCA TurksLegal Scholarship. The prize, worth $8000, includes overseas travel, accommodation and registration at a major insurance conference…
19 September 2011
The finance and insurance sector is planning to hire more staff in the last quarter of the year, according to a new survey by ManpowerGroup Employment…
12 September 2011
This is the last week to register for the National Insurance Brokers Association annual convention, which starts on Saturday night in Sydney…
12 September 2011
Austbrokers has named four finalists in the inaugural Frank Earl Platinum Award…
12 September 2011
The annual Peter Corrigan International Exchange Award has been put on hold for a year to allow for a “renewal and refresh program”, according to the Australian and New Zealand Institute of…