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Calibre Insurance has been launched as the brand for the Calliden Commercial insurance portfolio acquired last year by Munich Re.

A new insurer, or an old insurer re badged, the evolution of an old insurer Calliden Insurance has now officially transformed into Callibre Commercial Insurance Pty Ltd is headed by Mike Hooton, a former executive of Calliden Agency Services. Con Anasta is the National Sales Manager and Darren Fisher Underwriting Manager, Commercial. The business is focused on the broker and agency market in Australia providing business package, ISR, general

Hmm, opening a coffee shop in an area where on every other corner is happening cafe. Risky? You bet. And for every success story I’d be happy to bet there are a dozen struggling.

So to get it right, you can’t just wing it. Some not only get it right, some smash it out of the park. In my opinion, you are about to read about one such business.

The other day I had the pleasurable experience (the food and coffee was second to none) of going to meet the partners of

And of course its for a good cause. Black Dog Institute for mental depression.

He has just reached Uluru and I gotta say I am very proud of you Damien. It shows that people are people even thought they may be the head of corporate Australia. DUAL Australia is an Insurance underwriter who is a major partner with Agile Insurance Advice and our sister companies Centro Chambers Insurance Brokers and Oracle Group Insurance Brokers.

Damien, we are proud of your efforts my friend.

Wangara, Western Australia – 4 October 2015: Oracle Group Insurance Brokers is pleased to announce a merger between itself, WA-based Centro Chambers Insurance Brokers and Queensland-based Agile Insurance Advice. The merger will be official on January 31, 2016, and the new company will retain Oracle Group’s branding nationally and continue to use Agile’s brand across in Qld, NSW & Vic.

In a joint statement, Oracle Group Director Nathan McKeon and Centro Chambers Managing Director Graeme Dorrell, advised that the merger is expected to:

● Increase profits by allowing the three firms to

Seems like you cannot scroll through your Facebook or Twitter news feeds these days without something popping up about the latest hack of someone’s or some businesses private records. (I apologise for not mentioning the online News syndicates but who reads them anyway right?) Of course, as does always happen with repetition in news stories, people’s interest wanes so eventually the reporting on them becomes less and less important. However, in the world of Cyber News, then came along the attack on the Ashley Maddison website run by Avid Life

The problem is – it will cost you if you don’t have it or don’t have enough of the right.
An unfortunate problem when you get it wrong and the biggest issue is, if you D.I.Y. (do it yourself) with a direct insurer………………. how do you know if you get it right? Is the insurer ACTUALLY going to tell you what you need versus what you can buy versus what everyone else gets AND is that actually suitable to you.

Well, who the hell knows then? An Insurance Broker.

Why I hear you

Seems like you cannot scroll through your Facebook or Twitter news feeds these days without something popping up about the latest hack of someone’s or some businesses private records. (I apologise for not mentioning the online News syndicates but who reads them anyway right?) Of course, as does always happen with repetition in news stories, people’s interest wanes so eventually the reporting on them becomes less and less important. However, in the world of Cyber News, then came along the attack on the Ashley Maddison website run by

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