Marsh appoints Kane Sim to lead new tax practice
24 February 2020
Marsh has appointed PwC mergers and acquisitions specialist Kane Sim to lead its new tax liability practice...
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WA insurer tops Roy Morgan’s satisfaction survey
24 February 2020
Perth-based RAC Insurance has won survey company Roy Morgan’s Major General Insurer of the Year award for customer satisfaction in an annual survey of 50,000 Australians...
Applications open for Aon scholarship
24 February 2020
Applications are now open for the annual Aon Scholarship, in partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance...
Insurers invited to cladding webinar
24 February 2020
An educational webinar explaining how to mitigate the risk of fire spreading through building cladding is to be held next month...
Summit offers injury management insights
24 February 2020
A two-day injury management summit takes place this week in Melbourne...
Funeral of broking leader Nigel Thomas announced
17 February 2020
A funeral service will be held later this week for former Austbrokers executive Nigel Thomas, who died suddenly while on a family holiday in Thailand...
Insurtech revolution to take centre stage
17 February 2020
“The end of insurance as we know it” – a presentation by US-based industry author Rob Galbraith – will be a highlight of the industry’s major insurtech conference in Sydney this week...
Vero SME webinar focuses on broker opportunities
17 February 2020
Vero will run a webinar for brokers next month, to coincide with the release of the ninth annual SME Insurance Index report.
Yellow Cover joins forces with Matt Stone Racing
17 February 2020
NTI’s mobile plant and equipment brand Yellow Cover will feature in the Australia Supercars Championship this year after the insurer joined Matt Stone Racing as naming rights partner...
EML examines bushfire impact lessons
17 February 2020
Workers’ compensation firm EML is reviewing how to better support injured workers living in bushfire-affected areas...
Gallagher hires two top players in Brisbane
10 February 2020
Former Wallabies rugby union captain Tony Shaw has joined the corporate broking team at Gallagher alongside industry veteran Mark Richardson, who steps into the role of Manager, Corporate...
Loss adjuster switches focus from volume claims
10 February 2020
Adjuster Peter Brown has left Technical Assessing after 10 years with the company to set up his own business...
Miramar opens Perth office, hires Grant Bowen
10 February 2020
Miramar Underwriting Agency has opened a new office in Perth’s CBD and appointed Grant Bowen as its WA State Manager...
IUA appoints senior underwriter
10 February 2020
Interruption Underwriting Agencies has appointed Daniel Hrycko to the role of Senior Underwriter...
BMS recruits financial lines broker from Gallagher
10 February 2020
BMS Australia has hired Kirsty Kennell-Webb as Senior Financial Lines Broker...
‘Massive talent gap’ looms for insurance
03 February 2020
A major recruitment group has warned the insurance industry it will struggle to find skilled staff to handle dispute resolution, property claims and other key roles because of a long-running talent shortage...
McLardy McShane raises $105,000 for MND charity
03 February 2020
Melbourne-based McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers raised more than $105,000 to support FightMND during a charity golf day in January...
Bob Mann retires after five-decade insurance career
03 February 2020
Bob Mann, widely regarded as one of the industry’s leading brokers, has retired after nearly 49 years in insurance...
NTI appoints new Vic/Tas manager
03 February 2020
Specialist transport and logistics insurer NTI has appointed Jason Chappell to the role of State Manager for Victoria and Tasmania...
Broker HW Wood goes west
03 February 2020
Broker HW Wood Australia has expanded beyond its Melbourne office into the WA market, with an office in Perth headed by newly appointed state manager Clive Higgins...