Not all employees think highly of their boss
14 March 2011
More than half of financial services employees find their senior leaders are acting effectively, according to a new survey by Aon Hewitt…
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Financial studies centre chooses chairman
14 March 2011
Former fund manager Jeremy Duffield has been appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies…
New head of risk at Millennium3
14 March 2011
Dealer group Millennium3 has appointed Winton Aslin as it new Executive Director Life Risk…
Company secretary back at Calliden
07 March 2011
Calliden Group has appointed Nick Geddes as its company secretary, the second time he has held the post with the insurer…
DLA Phillips Fox loses two to Moray & Agnew
07 March 2011
Specialist law firm Moray & Agnew has launched a new professional indemnity unit headed by former DLA Phillips Fox partner Peter Tredinnick…
MLC on the prowl for new advisers
07 March 2011
MLC has launched an adviser recruitment campaign aimed at financial services professionals gaining their RG146 qualifications…
Internationals bolster loss adjuster pool
28 February 2011
The loss adjusting sector is stretched to the limit with large-scale disasters in Australia and NZ, but the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters says foreign adjusters are helping to meet…
Suncorp slams FSU claims
28 February 2011
Suncorp has rejected Financial Services Union assertions that 500 employees face “significant reductions” under the company’s new collective bargaining agreement…
States host forums on OHS laws
28 February 2011
Victoria and NSW will host a series of information seminars on the forthcoming harmonisation of Australia’s occupational health and safety system…
Brokers ‘missing out’ on marine opportunities
28 February 2011
Brokers could write much more cover in the marine insurance sector, according to Melbourne Marine Insurance Forum Secretary Simon Farmer…
Finsia appoints interim CEO
28 February 2011
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia has appointed Russell Thomas as its interim CEO following the resignation of Martin Fahy…
Asia ready for growth, but it won’t be easy
21 February 2011
Asia’s immature insurance markets are ripe for major growth but could be constrained by protectionism, according to a survey by legal firm Norton Rose…
FSC searches for future leaders
21 February 2011
The Financial Services Council and Deloitte have launched the sixth annual challenge to young financial services industry professionals…
WA brokers vote for Gens X and Y
21 February 2011
WA brokers participating in a Vero expo have agreed that the retirement of the Baby Boomers generation won’t cause any problems for the industry…
Pannuzzo to lead Aon captive management team
21 February 2011
Aon has appointed Vic Pannuzzo as MD of its Captive and Insurance Management (Asia Pacific) unit…
Vero to give brokers recovery insight
21 February 2011
Vero will host its second live national webcast for brokers tomorrow to discuss the industry’s response to recent natural disasters…
Bidmead takes top US job
14 February 2011
Australian broker David Bidmead has been appointed CEO of the US operations of Marsh…
Vero expo will focus on disasters
14 February 2011
Australia’s continuing barrage of natural catastrophes will be one of the key topics highlighted for WA brokers at an expo to he hosted by Vero in Perth on Thursday…
Adviser educations standards set to rise
14 February 2011
Advisers will face higher education standards in the future as the Federal Government looks at what is happening overseas, according to Association of Financial Advisers CEO Richard Klipin…
Risk coach to sharpen Insight
14 February 2011
Insight Insurance Brokers Association is giving its members access to the LMI Group’s Risk Coach program to help them compete with larger brokers…