IAG trusts Wolters Kluwer’s CCH Parliament as a Comprehensive, Authoritative Source
IAG is Australia’s largest general insurance company in Australia and New Zealand, with $16bn annual revenue. IAG operates some of Australia's leading general insurance brands including NRMA Insurance, CGU, WFI and ROLLiN'. George Karagiannakis is the Executive Manager – Government & Industry Affairs at IAG. With over 25 years tenure in various roles at IAG, he is currently responsible for Government Relations in Australia with a focus on Federal, State and Territory issues overseeing a small team.
Company Details
Name: IAG
Web: www.iag.com.au
Size: 12,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand
Solutions
Benefits
- Comprehensive coverage of the political landscape and public arena
- Authoritative, trusted source of information
- Flexibility to tailor topics and users to meet business needs
Authoritative, trusted source - access to comprehensive coverage
“As a long-standing client of CCH Parliament, it is a useful resource because it provides us with insights and access to everything that government, corporates, industry associations and consumer groups are releasing in the public arena on hot topics such as financial services, consumer regulation and economic indicators” said George Karagiannakis, IAG.
“The current economic climate and budgetary factors led to a recent review of our CCH Parliament information services. The Wolters Kluwer CCH Parliament team worked with us to tailor the coverage to 4 essential topics as part of CCH Political Alert:
- Finance
- Industry – Retail & Consumer Affairs
- Insurance
- Parliament – which includes Lower House Bills List, Lower House Committee Hearings, Lower House.
“We also stay up-to-speed on the latest legislative and political developments with other key CCH Parliament services including Federal Political Briefing, National Daily Headlines, Bill Trackers (Federal, NSW, Vic) and Political Updates – National” George said.
Flexibility and peace of mind
“Flexibility is key, with new team members joining and departing the business. We were able to align our user management and access for CCH Parliament with the evolving needs of the business.”
“Over the years, we extended access to CCH Parliament to selected members of the Media Relations team to facilitate information sharing and provide first-hand access to the coverage”
“CCH Parliament ensures we are completely aware of comments (and statements) that are being made about our company. It also gives our team the ability to reach out to people or make a comment to those people that are of interest to us” said George.
George concluded, “Information sharing across the Government Relations and Media Relations team allows IAG to strategise and react to any major announcements/mentions/news more efficiently.”
Industry-leading, complementary solutions
IAG also have other industry-leading solutions which complement their CCH Parliament subscription services including:
iSentia: IAG’s Media Relations team leverage iSentia as part of their media monitoring activities such as tracking mainstream media’s mentions of the Insurance topic and IAG.
Media Release distribution
Another highlight and key feature of CCH Parliament is media release distribution. George mentioned, “IAG proactively release media releases via CCH Parliament which provides them with access to Wolters Kluwer’s CCH Parliament subscriber network.”
Media release distribution is a value-add service available to all CCH Parliament subscribers.