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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... financial planning director departing after 41 years at the company and BT Financial Group hiring a new head of general insurance. Financial planning director to leave AMP - Steve Helmich will leave AMP to pursue other opportunities in the industry. ...

BTFG hires head of general insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... executive from Suncorp to join its insurance and investments business. Gerard McDermott has been named head of general insurance in the division. He joins from Suncorp where he was most recently executive general manager of distribution for personal ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... dealing with personal and small business customers. Smith will join FOS's current lead ombudsman John Price (General Insurance) and Philip Field (Banking and Finance).

BTFG posts solid result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... global investment service has reached $1.3 billion since it was launched in 2012. Life in-force premium and general insurance gross written premium saw growth of 13% and 8% respectively. A Life Insurance lapse rate of 12.8% (as of September 2014) stacks ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... address cultural barriers to reform; and that a Life Insurance Code of Practice is developed, modelled on the General Insurance Code of Practice. The report follows on with four implementation recommendations, which are: that ASIC supports policy recommendations ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... address cultural barriers to reform; and that a Life Insurance Code of Practice is developed, modelled on the General Insurance Code of Practice. The report follows on with four implementation recommendations, which are: that ASIC supports policy recommendations ...

Finance dominates top Australian companies list

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... 2.2% over the past five years, although this is largely due to strong investment revenue in the base year. The general insurance industry has grown slightly, by an annualised 0.8% over the past five years. "While these growth figures may not sound positive ...

CommInsure recruits BT exec for head of annuities role

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
CommInsure has appointed former BT Financial Group acting head of general insurance to the newly-created position of head of annuities for its superannuation and investment business. George Lytas will be in charge of delivering growth to CommInsure's ...

Zurich chairman retires, replacement named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The chairman of Zurich Financial Services Australia's general insurance, life and investments business, Terry Paradine, is retiring after seven years in the role. Before being appointed chairman, Paradine was a Zurich board member for four years. He ...

Suncorp chief executive to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... delivered as Snowball announced group profits were up net 15% to $631 million. Profit was mostly driven by Suncorp's general insurance arm, but its life insurance business also contributed. At the same time, forecasts for ongoing revenue growth have ...