Industry Bulletin

SAVE THE DATE - 2022 NIBA SUMMIT

The 2022 NIBA Summit celebrates the important milestone of NIBA’s 40th year in representing and advocating for the insurance broking industry.

The 2022 Summit theme is ‘Trust, Professionalism, Community’, which aims to shine a spotlight on the key principals that represent the very best in the profession.

SUMMIT PROGRAM

2.00PM – 5.00PM

The 2022 NIBA Summit will take place in Sydney’s Establishment Ballroom, and include an array of speakers who will cover topical issues affecting the industry, including trust and ethics, professionalism, community, employment, health, as well as the industry’s resilience in the backdrop of a hard market and a climate-impacted environment.

Andrew Klein returns as emcee this year, having previously taken the MC mantle at NIBA’s 2012 Convention, which celebrated 30 years of NIBA.

HAPPY HOUR 5.00PM – 6.00PM

Join us at the Establishment Rooms II and III for an hour of networking with industry colleagues.

CELEBRATION DINNER 6.30PM – 11.00PM

To be held in the spectacular Ivy Ballroom and with catering provided by Merivale, the Celebration Dinner is the setting for a night of celebrations. Join us as we toast to NIBA’s 40th year anniversary, and honour the very best in insurance and in broking.

At the dinner, we will announce the national winners of the 2022 Stephen Ball Broker of the Year award, sponsored by QBE, and the Warren Tickle Young Broker of the Year award, sponsored by Vero. Both awards celebrate and recognise the achievements of the very best brokers across the country.

The Lex McKeown Trophy will also be awarded during the dinner, celebrating an insurance broker’s lifetime of achievements and service to the industry.

The dinner will also reveal the 2022 NIBA Underwriting Agency of the Year and General Insurer of the Year awards. Both awards are based off the annual Broker Market Survey, which hundreds of brokers participate in annually.

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ABOUT ANDREW KLEIN

Andrew is highly regarded as one of Australia’s leading professional conference MCs. He is also a trainer and writer, working on conferences around the AsiaPacific region, as well as the US and South Africa, back when overseas travel was allowed. Since March 2020, he has worked from his home office or local studios.

Formerly a corporate lawyer, Andrew quit the law in the late 1990s before starting up his own business as a corporate trainer and speaker.

As an MC, Andrew brings his casual yet corporate style to proceedings and is well-known on the conference circuit for his revealing speaker introductions, his improvisational skills and his ability to adapt to different audiences.

Having spent the past few years hosting a wide variety of conferences and events online, he is also very comfortable with saying that he is ‘virtually an MC’.

Apart from emceeing, Andrew also runs workshops and keynotes on presentation skills and pitching for business.

His clients include BT, QBE, Westpac, Aon, Dymocks, McDonalds, NSW Health, KPMG, Austbrokers, MLC, CPA (Australia) Auto One… and his mother-in-law’s bridge club.

For breaking news and updates curated specially for insurance brokers please visit: niba.com.au/articles

FORMER NIBA CEO DALLAS BOOTH PRESENTED WITH WFII OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

On 13 and 14 June 2022, after two years of virtual meetings, the World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (WFII) World Council meeting took place in Amsterdam. The World Council (WOC) is the governing body of WFII, representing professional insurance agents and brokers from five regional Chapters: North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific Rim, Africa and Europe.

During this annual WOC meeting, 40 representatives from national associations of insurances intermediaries from around the world discussed regulatory developments and the work of international regulatory and standard setting institutions, such as the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), the UN and the OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee, in relation to insurance intermediation.

This year, there was special focus on the state of the insurance markets around the globe, climate change, inclusion and diversity. Participants also exchanged information on how the changing economic environment, digitalisation and changing customer expectations have an influence on the intermediation activity globally.

The Australian delegation was led by NIBA President Dianne Phelan, and included NIBA Past President Eric Harris and NIBA Chief Executive Officer Philip Kewin. The delegation was supported by former NIBA CEO Dallas Booth.

On this occasion, Dallas was awarded the WFII Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his dedication, innovation, diligence and astute diplomacy in the international area of insurance intermediation.

Dallas has been an active participant in WFII for many years and has stimulated significant progress in the areas vital to the development of the insurance intermediation sector at a global level.

“It was a surprise and a very great honour to receive this award,” Booth said.

“WFII plays an important role in representing insurance brokers and intermediaries at international bodies such as IAIS and the OECD, and it has been a privilege to play a part in this work in recent years. Australia (and NIBA) is highly regarded in this work, and I am honoured to see our contribution recognised in this way.”

For breaking news and updates curated specially for insurance brokers please visit: niba.com.au/articles

For breaking news and updates curated specially for insurance brokers please visit: niba.com.au/articles