Allianz expands broker training program
22 February 2010
Allianz Australia has begun its 2010 Training Day program for brokers, with events held in the ACT and NSW this month…
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New member for QBE board
22 February 2010
Former Macquarie Bank Executive Director John Green will join the QBE Insurance Group board as a non-executive director on March 1…
New CEO for big NZ broker
15 February 2010
Carl O’Shea has been promoted to CEO at Wesfarmers-owned major New Zealand brokerage Crombie Lockwood…
Best candidates snapped up fast
15 February 2010
Employers risk missing the boat on recruiting top-end insurance talent unless they move quickly, according to Hays Insurance…
Wedlock joins NIBA board
15 February 2010
The National Insurance Brokers Association board has one new face in its 2010 line-up…
Broking veteran dies
15 February 2010
Leading Melbourne broker John Whitbread died on Saturday night after a brief illness…
Suncorp shuffles commercial insurance management
08 February 2010
Suncorp has confirmed 12 changes to its senior management ranks as restructuring continues under new Commercial Insurance CEO Anthony Day…
ICA search for CEO nears end
08 February 2010
The Insurance Council of Australia is close to announcing a successor to former CEO Kerrie Kelly…
Climate change module bulks up broker training
08 February 2010
The impact of climate change has been added to Zurich’s broker education program in response to concerns intermediaries and their clients don’t fully understand the risks involved…
Career progression pips job security
08 February 2010
Jobseekers are regaining their mojo as the economy provides new opportunities for unhappy workers…
National roadshow advises advisers
08 February 2010
More than 1200 financial advisers have signed up for a roadshow being run by the Association of Financial Advisers to pass on “knowledge, experience, skills…
IFSA gets new board member
08 February 2010
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management MD Ian Ward-Ambler has been appointed to the Investment and Financial Services Association board…
Hall of Fame induction for QBE supremo
01 February 2010
QBE Chief Executive Frank O’Halloran has received the highest international recognition of an insurance executive – induction into the Insurance Hall of Fame…
ICA quiet on CEO search
01 February 2010
The Insurance Council of Australia has a new Deputy President, and it’s still searching for a CEO to replace Kerrie Kelly, who starts work this month as the new Director-General…
ANZIIF to manage RMIA operations
01 February 2010
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has signed a deal to manage operations on behalf of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia…
Insurance recruitment to increase in first quarter
01 February 2010
A modest increase in insurance recruitment is expected during the opening quarter, although most of the action is forecast elsewhere…
Recruitment power is with employees
01 February 2010
Employees will have a greater bargaining position in 2010 as a rebuilding economy provides more opportunities for jobseekers…
Actuaries have new president
01 February 2010
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia has appointed Bozenna Hinton as its new president…
UK legal firm acquires Deacons
01 February 2010
The 100-year-old name of major law firm Deacons Australia has vanished following a merger with UK-based Norton Rose Group…
Actuaries honour teacher
13 June 2001
John Pollard, the Professor of Actuarial Studies at Macquarie University, has become only the third person to be awarded the Institute of Actuaries in Australia’s silver medal…