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The new shape of insurance complaints

The new shape of insurance complaints

When complaint numbers rise, the instinct is often to ask the simple question: what’s driving it? In today’s insurance environment, however, the answer is rarely straightforward, says Katrina Shanks, CEO of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF)

Katrina Shanks Jun 25, 2026
From intermediary to indispensable

From intermediary to indispensable

In his latest IB column, NIBA CEO Richard Klipin makes the definitive case for the insurance broker as Australia's trusted risk adviser

Future skills are the foundation of trust

Future skills are the foundation of trust

In her first column for IB as ANZIIF CEO, Katrina Shanks argues that insurers can write all the rules they like but without the right skills, trust is still on shaky ground

Building the next generation of underwriting leaders

Building the next generation of underwriting leaders

How UAC's new Leadership Academy is bridging the post-pandemic skills gap and future-proofing Australia’s underwriting talent pipeline

NIBA's key issues: insurance affordability and accessibility challenges

NIBA's key issues: insurance affordability and accessibility challenges

Richard Klipin charts progress during "a significant year" for brokers

NIBA's new CEO reflects on 2024

NIBA's new CEO reflects on 2024

In his first IB column, Richard Klipin reviews 2024

CEO pay and the great wage divide

CEO pay and the great wage divide

Public company executives can expect increased scrutiny of personal performance

Insurance in 2023: Learning from ‘Auld Lang Syne’

Insurance in 2023: Learning from ‘Auld Lang Syne’

Insurers cannot not forget "times gone by"

The weather we’ve witnessed must be a call to action

The weather we’ve witnessed must be a call to action

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