Peberdy to chair government insurer
12 September 2011
The Victorian Government has appointed John Peberdy as the new chairman of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority…
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CGU launches $15,000 competition for intermediaries
12 September 2011
CGU has launched a competition for brokers and advisers with $15,000 prize money as part of the rollout of its Ubuild construction quote tool…
FSU lobbies IAG for staff pay rises
05 September 2011
The Finance Sector Union is lobbying senior IAG executives to share the spoils of its recent results with employees…
NIBA finetunes program to focus on business woes
05 September 2011
A rapidly changing business and insurance environment has prompted the National Insurance Brokers Association to “fine-tune” parts of the program for its upcoming national convention…
Brian Gray Scholarship awarded
05 September 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has announced four recipients of the Brian Gray Scholarship, who have each been awarded $12,500 for research into the financial sector…
Aon receives service award
05 September 2011
Aon Australia has won Coca-Cola Amatil’s Supplier of the Year Award for financial services…
ANZIIF names John Allison Award winner
05 September 2011
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has presented Emma Wood of Catlin Australia with the John Allison Award…
Suncorp moves forward with offshoring plan
29 August 2011
Suncorp is assessing roles within its claims department to determine which positions are suitable for offshoring, according to the Finance Sector Union…
PI expert wins top honour
29 August 2011
Retired CGU National Professional Risk Product and Underwriting Manager Robert Beaton last week received the inaugural Frank Earl award at the 2011 Australian Professional Indemnity Group…
New group for discussions on life insurance
29 August 2011
A new forum has been launched in Sydney for women working in the life insurance industry…
Zurich moves Easton to Brisbane
29 August 2011
Zurich General Insurance State Distribution Manager NSW/ACT Hugh Easton has been appointed State Manager Queensland, based in Brisbane…
Insurer seeks church-going reinsurance expert
29 August 2011
Catholic Church Insurances is looking for a director with reinsurance experience – but the candidate must also have ties to the church…
Top marks for young loss adjusters
22 August 2011
New Zealand loss adjusters took two of the three Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters examination awards at the 2011 Claims Convention in Sydney last week…
Claiming top honours
22 August 2011
Law firm TurksLegal is calling for nominations for its 2011 claims award, which is jointly sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance…
Sanfilippo moves to Suncorp
22 August 2011
Suncorp Commercial Insurance has recruited former Zurich stalwart Sam Sanfilippo as EM Broker Distribution Southern, covering Victoria, WA, SA and Tasmania…
AFA appoints a COO
22 August 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed former Colonial First State Head of Compliance Phil Anderson as its first COO…
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…
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…