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Issue: April-May 2016
  • Magazine Front Page
  • April 2019
    • Leading with Compassion
  • March 2018
    • Insurance brokers and flood non-cover
  • August 2018
    • Step Up & Stand Out!
  • July 2018
    • Non profit. No problem.
    • Insurance with a conscience: Origin Insurance Brokers
  • June 2018
    • WHY MOST CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FAIL
    • Buckle up – everyone’s in the driver’s seat
    • A Different View on Distribution
    • Canary in the coal mine
    • Bringing a fresh perspective to NIBA: Vivienne Toll
  • December - January 2018
    • NIBA Mentoring: Shaping the future
  • May 2018
    • EDGING TOWARDS A BREAKTHROUGH
  • October-November 2017
    • A new retail reality
    • Beyond bollards and bunkers: Understanding the current terror risk
  • August - September 2017
    • Where are the past Warren Tickle Memorial Award winners now?
    • Food safety and insurance: Little margin for error
    • Agriculture insurance: Cultivating opportunity
    • Vero’s Anthony Pagano: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
    • Cyber: Winning the battles, but losing the war?
    • FUTURE IMPERFECT: THE PERILS FACING EVENT ORGANISERS
    • Construction insurance: Built to last
  • June - July 2017
    • Back to basics
    • Between perils and promise
    • Classic returns
    • ARE YOU ON BOARD?
    • Different but the same
    • Who’s in the driver’s seat?
    • Debbie devastates but industry rebuilds
    • High stakes on the high seas
  • April - May 2017
    • Evolution of a Big-City Broker
    • Protecting what is shared
    • Covering all bases
    • Who actually owns customer data?
    • Being part of the solution
    • Data breach notification laws now a reality
    • Managing the risk landscape in human-robot interaction
    • Big opportunity in small business
    • Brokers can help improve industry image
  • February - March 2017
    • On the agenda
    • Beyond the monopoly
    • Insuring start-ups: A brave new frontier?
    • High-rise broking opportunity
    • Full steam ahead
    • Business interruption insurance: More than meets the eye
    • The heat is on
    • Filling the PI gaps
  • December - January 2017
    • From little things, big things grow
    • FAQ: NSW Emergency Services Levy phase out
    • Future in focus
    • Room to improve
    • Wild weather warning
  • October - November 2016
    • We are your voice
    • Levelling the playing field
    • Doctor, insure thyself
    • ARs: It’s a love-hate relationship
    • A country practice
    • Steadfast, AIMS strengthen NIBA’s voice
    • Not by accident
    • Construction insurance: It’s all in the foundations
  • August - September 2016
    • Inspired choice
    • Multi-peril crop insurance: Challenges and opportunities
    • It’s time to talk terrorism
    • Staying ahead of the pack
    • 3D printing
    • How to shine online
    • Navigating marine trends
  • June-July 2016
    • What’s the big deal?
    • Leading by example
  • April-May 2016
    • Insurance and the Internet of Things
    • Project: Management liability
    • Difficult risks: negotiating the hard yards
    • From darkness comes light
    • Serious business: Scott Woodward’s insurance journey
    • Golden opportunities: 2016 Vero SME Insurance Index
    • Insurance Brokers Code of Practice case study: the one-off error
    • Lost cause? Examining the future of loss adjusting
    • Plain sailing: Nicholas Bedggood’s insurance journey
    • Helping hands: insurers giving back
    • Upwardly mobile?
    • Axel Theis: playing the long game
  • February – March 2016
    • Inside the insurance lab
    • Putting the customer in the centre
    • Investing in change
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Danger zone
    • Broking with a heart
    • The lap of luxury
    • Mentoring: Jessica and Ray
    • Horsing around
    • How-to: Connect with your clients digitally
    • Getting pulled in both directions
    • Broker pride: Sure-footed service
  • December – January 2016
    • Total recall
    • Future forecast
    • In the umpire’s chair
    • Service with a smile
    • The loan ranger
    • Future focus
    • Boosting your website
    • Kasey & Warren
    • Evening the odds
    • Risky business
    • A roof overhead
    • Putting professionalism first
    • Taking the reins
  • October – November 2015
    • The share market
    • Eyes on the prize
    • Success through service
    • Top of the heap
    • One to watch
    • Rising stars
    • Old growth opportunities
    • Naseer & Steve
    • Giant in the shadows
    • Green shoots in renewable energy
    • Fighting uphill battles
    • Out of the ashes
    • Cyber risk: old tricks new clothing
    • Going in green
    • Lack of communication causes angst
  • August – September 2015
    • Finding your niche
    • High-flyers touch down
    • Hiring outside the box
    • Peak liability
    • Clearing the obstacles
    • When the show doesn’t go on
    • Invasion of the robots
    • Christine & Russell
    • Commanding position
    • Communication breakdown
    • Off the mark early
    • How to: Move to Comcare
  • June-July 2015
    • Crisis response
    • All together now
    • Taming the weather
    • Hungry for growth
    • Staying afloat
    • Colonising the digital natives
    • Money for nothing
    • High performance tuning
    • Mentoring: Delene & Robert
    • Generation next
    • Leaving the nest
    • Not all that glitters is covered
    • How-to guide: Set effective goals
    • Over-reaching the contract
    • Hitting the ground running
  • April – May 2015
    • Clearing the heir
    • Staring down the market
    • Mentoring: Yvonne & David
    • The second big bang
    • Proving a broker’s worth
    • First-class treatment
    • Game of drones
    • Hands off the wheel
    • Touching the sky
    • Ready for the worst
    • Clues from the wreckage
    • Bending the rules
    • Beating back the flames
    • Slow response a spanner in the works
    • How to: Save money with free software
    • Executive decision
    • Sharon Cannon’s proudest moment
  • February – March 2015
    • Rebooting broking
    • Challenging monopoly
    • London falling?
    • Selling your story
    • Commission impossible
    • Growing appetites
    • Smoother sailing ahead for sector
    • Winning the computer game
    • Offshore but over here
    • Healthy market
    • Insurance’s final frontier?
    • Fraudulent claim delivers sinking feeling
  • December - January 2015
    • Setting the bar high
    • Fever pitch
    • Prevention or cure?
    • Getting the message out
    • Risk and reward
    • Presidential portrait
    • Applauding an industry stalwart
    • Heads of state
    • John Mutton stands tall
    • Young guns on the rise
    • Meet 2014’s most promising young broker
    • Fighting fire with higher tech
    • Threat levels
    • Super-powered exposures
    • Deciding where the buck stops
    • On the road again
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Insurance and the Internet of Things

From toys to TVs, from kettles to cars, the Internet of Things has the potential to disrupt the insurance industry like nothing else. But how can the insurance industry capitalise on the rapidly evolving opportunities it brings about to provide better customer service and solutions?

Project: Management liability

As more and more companies across the country face litigation in connection with management risks and exposures, management liability insurance is fast becoming a ‘must have’ for Australian businesses. But with take-up still comparatively low, it represents a real opportunity for brokers.
April-May 2016

Difficult risks: negotiating the hard yards

Even in today’s soft market, brokers are constantly grappling to place difficult risks. The art of negotiation, even in today’s technology-driven market, is still a vital skill in a broker’s toolbox and here, both brokers and underwriters share their tips on how to achieve the best outcomes.
April-May 2016

From darkness comes light

After a testing 2015 for the association, NIBA CEO Dallas Booth has a challenging year ahead to reinvigorate the NIBA value proposition and the business bottom line. He talks about how NIBA is facing up to its responsibilities, and what its focus will be for the coming months.
April-May 2016

Serious business: Scott Woodward’s insurance ...

Scott Woodward is an Australian representative in rowing, as well as International Programs – Sales Specialist in Zurich Australia’s Global Corporate team. He shares his insurance journey.
April-May 2016

Golden opportunities: 2016 Vero SME Insurance Inde ...

The 2016 Vero SME Insurance Index ought to be essential reading for brokers. We outline the key findings and action points from this year’s report.
April-May 2016

Insurance Brokers Code of Practice case study: the ...

Want to make sure your brokerage is staying on top of its game? Then you can learn from the mistakes of others with this case study from the Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee.
April-May 2016

Lost cause? Examining the future of loss adjusting

Loss adjusters are at the coal face of the claims process, often counselling people through unimaginable trauma. So how can the role they play be facing dissolution?
April-May 2016
Nicholas Bedggood

Plain sailing: Nicholas Bedggood’s insurance ...

Everyone in insurance has got a story to tell about how they found their way into the industry. Nicholas Bedggood of Citadel Insurance Services, an AR of Westcourt General, shares his insurance journey.
April-May 2016

Helping hands: insurers giving back

Insurance gets a bad rap in the mainstream media for being all take and no give. Those who work in the industry know better. Here we chronicle three examples of insurers giving back to those most in need.
April-May 2016

Upwardly mobile?

Insurance is going mobile and a mobile-enabled business is essential for brokers to remain competitive and meet changing consumer expectations. But is the insurance industry keeping pace with changes in technology? And is it delivering the experience brokers need?
April-May 2016

Axel Theis: playing the long game

Axel Theis is a member of the global Management Board of Allianz SE. On a rare visit to the southern hemisphere he tells Insurance Adviser how Allianz plans to increase its market share in Australia, and shares his global vision.
April-May 2016
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