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Nominations open for icare CASE awards

06 July 2020

NSW state-owned insurer icare has called for nominations across eight categories in its annual Care and Service Excellence awards, which this year take place after a period marked by natural disasters and a pandemic...

Steadfast cancels NZ conference

06 July 2020

Steadfast has cancelled its New Zealand conference scheduled for Wellington in October due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Liberty names deputy claims head

06 July 2020

Liberty Specialty Markets has promoted Robert Mercer, who previously led Professional and Financial Lines claims, to the new position of Deputy Head of Claims for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney...

ANZIIF urges engagement on ASIC review

29 June 2020

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance says it will assist PricewaterhouseCoopers in developing recommendations around training and education standards that apply to financial advice providers...

Veronique Ingram to chair code committee

29 June 2020

Former senior bureaucrat Veronique Ingram has been appointed to a three-year term as Chairman of the General Insurance Code Governance Committee...

Jenny Bax to lead Allianz underwriting agencies

29 June 2020

Allianz says it is recruiting a new senior portfolio director in its technical team after the promotion of Jenny Bax to the newly created role of GM Underwriting Agencies...

Test your cyber plan ‘like it’s a smoke alarm’

29 June 2020

Australian businesses should have an established cyber incident response procedure in place and regularly test it in much the same way smoke alarms are frequently checked for faults, 360 Underwriting Solutions says...

NTI appoints cargo portfolio head

22 June 2020

Transport and logistics insurer NTI has appointed Daniel Morrison as its National Cargo Product Manager to head the strategic direction of the portfolio...

ANZIIF offers 40% membership discount

22 June 2020

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance is this month offering pro-rata membership for the remainder of 2020 at a discount of 40% from the full-year fee...

Quake webinar will probe home designs

22 June 2020

New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission and New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering will run a webinar on Thursday addressing the topic of designing resilient homes in quake-prone areas...