WTP appoints Technical Product Director in Brisbane
14 March 2022
World Travel Protection, part of Zurich-owned Cover-More, has promoted Alex Laidlaw to the role of Technical Product Director...
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AILA launches Ron Shorter award
07 March 2022
The Australian Insurance Law Association has launched this year’s Ron Shorter Award, a public speaking competition for young professionals in the insurance industry...
McLardy McShane golf challenge raises $100,000 for FightMND
07 March 2022
A McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers golf challenge raised more than $100,000 towards vital charity work...
Berkley raises funds for Children’s Brain Cancer Centre
07 March 2022
Berkley Insurance Australia will donate $1 from every Open Market Policy bound this month to the Children’s Brain Cancer Centre...
Oliver Wyman names financial services practice partner
07 March 2022
Consultancy Oliver Wyman has appointed Ashish Sharma as Partner in its Financial Services practice where he will lead insurance and wealth management in Australia from the Sydney office...
AICLA to hold Sydney Claims Convention in September
07 March 2022
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters says the Claims Convention will be held on September 29 in Sydney...
Zurich teams with charity to improve child mental wellbeing in NZ
07 March 2022
Zurich’s Z Zurich Foundation has pledged a two-year grant to improve the mental health and wellbeing of New Zealand school students via the Mitey education program, which is being rolled out to schools in Auckland and is set to go nationwide...
Meridian Lawyers expands Perth team
07 March 2022
Meridian Lawyers has appointed Principal Keith Thomas and Special Counsel Marianne Rivett in its Perth office...
IAG appoints supply chain chief to complete direct leadership team
28 February 2022
IAG has appointed Adam Balarin as EGM Insurance Supply Chain, Direct Insurance Australia...
Assetinsure board welcomes two new directors
28 February 2022
Catherine Dubé and Cathy Bellenger have joined the board of Assetinsure as non-executive directors...
Charles Taylor appoints new regional head
28 February 2022
Mark Thompson has been appointed Regional Head of Australia and New Zealand operations at claims management firm Charles Taylor to nurture significant growth opportunities in Australasia and serve an expanding network of customers...
Gallagher Bassett creates Head of Personal Injury Innovation role
28 February 2022
Melbourne-based Stephanie Connolly has been promoted to the newly created Head of Personal Injury Innovation role at Gallagher Bassett Australia, which aims to "shift focus to innovation and excellence in this complex space”...
Wotton + Kearney adds cyber partner in New Zealand
28 February 2022
Wellington-based Joseph Fitzgerald has been promoted to Partner at Wotton + Kearney’s Cyber, Privacy and Data Security team...
Achmea, GrainGrowers join forces to support agriculture
28 February 2022
Specialist farm insurer Achmea Australia and industry body GrainGrowers have agreed a strategic collaboration to provide a platform for the grains industry to share knowledge, risk mitigation strategies and best practices...
CGU turns CGI in film initiative with Muppet director
21 February 2022
CGU Insurance has collaborated with The Jim Henson Company on a new production called Tall Poppy, which encourages Australians to embrace ambition and question the cultural stigma of tall poppy syndrome...
Brokers in their hundreds flock to UAC's Sydney expo
21 February 2022
More than 300 brokers attended the Underwriting Agencies Council 2022 Sydney expo on Friday where 73 exhibitors displayed their wares...
PwC Australia appoints new insurance leader
21 February 2022
Yoshiro Makita has been appointed to the role of Insurance Leader for Australia within PwC Australia’s Financial Services business after the departure of Bernadette Howlett at the end of last year...
Chubb names acting distribution head
21 February 2022
Chubb Head of Global Broker Unit Australia & New Zealand John French has been appointed acting Head of Distribution, according to reports...
Gallagher Bassett partners with Special Olympics
21 February 2022
Gallagher Bassett has partnered with Special Olympics, a decades-long global movement aimed at ending discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities and fostering acceptance via sport and education...
Insurers chip away at large gender pay gap
14 February 2022
Financial services remains stubbornly among industries with the largest divide in earnings between men and women, although insurers have achieved a significant narrowing of the gender pay gap over recent years and almost half of all promotions in Australia went to women last year...