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Issue: August – September 2015
  • 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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Niche facilities

Finding your niche

Broking has never been more competitive but niche facilities remain a vital way to stand out from the back.
NIBA Broker of the Year awards

High-flyers touch down

After being respectively named 2014’s best broker and best young professional, John Mutton and Adele May jetted off overseas to expand their broking horizons.
August – September 2015
Outside recruiting

Hiring outside the box

The shortage of talented broking staff is a perennially hot topic in the industry, which is why many principals are looking elsewhere for promising prospects.
August – September 2015
Public liability

Peak liability

Long gone are the public liability horror days of the early 2000s, with capital now plentiful and insurers displaying large risk appetites.
August – September 2015
Insuring Tough Mudder

Clearing the obstacles

Thousands of weekend warriors are signing up to run gauntlets of brutal obstacles in races like Tough Mudder. But are they as risky as they look?
August – September 2015
Event cancellation insurance

When the show doesn’t go on

Event cancellation insurance can be a boon when the unexpected happens. So why is it still undersold?
August – September 2015
Workplace robot insurance

Invasion of the robots

Robots are making increasing forays into modern-day workplaces. So what risks and opportunities will they bring?
August – September 2015
NIBA mentoring program

Christine & Russell

How the NIBA mentoring program helped two small town professionals connect.
August – September 2015
Donna Walker

Commanding position

Donna Walker talks business, big mergers and what changes brokers can expect to see from a post-Lumley CGU.
August – September 2015
NIBA Code compliance

Communication breakdown

There are plenty of lessons to be learnt from FOS for brokers who want to stay at the top of their compliance game.
August – September 2015
Jodi Sharman

Off the mark early

At the age of 23, Jodi Sharman was offered the challenge of starting her own business. She talks about what it took to shape her career.
August – September 2015
Comcare

How to: Move to Comcare

Australia's web of workers compensation schemes is a mess for interstate businesses. But is Comcare the solution?
August – September 2015
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