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AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... membership should move to a fee for advice model by around 2012 distracts the market from bigger issues such as wealth protection and insurance. Klipin's concerned that banning commissions could make comprehensive financial advice unaffordable for some ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... interest benchmarks," it reported. Insurance was one of the bright lights for the year with the Contemporary Wealth Protection arm posting a 29 per cent rise in earnings to $154 million. Individual risk annual premium income rose by 17 per cent to $547 ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Condition. We also recognise that stay at home parents require insurance," said Natalie Eckersall, general manager of wealth protection products. Research indicates that the cost of outsourcing home duties, normally performed by the non-working spouse ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... opening up this service to more customers and advisers who choose to do business this way." "If Australia's wealth protection gap is to be closed, then life insurance need to be more readily available to the consumer and independent financial advisers ...

Hillross board siphons industry expertise

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Hillross has established a wealth management think tank to mitigate risk, create wealth protection strategies and fine tune the firm's operations in the investment space. Hilross recently unveilled its Technical Advice Board made up of industry experts ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... whole process would take mortgage brokers roughly two minutes to complete. Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, said the simple insurance product addressed Australia's under insurance problem by providing an insurance option through ...

Zurich creates investment and life account role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... groups," said Catherine Hallinen, Zurich general manager of investment management and life. The firm provides wealth protection and creation solutions across Australia and New Zealand for corporate and private clients.

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... those who don't get on board will be left behind." Indeed, Natalie Eckersall, Aviva Australia general manager of wealth protection products, said the firm's technology improvements focus on reducing insurance application times. "It's all about the ease ...

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... but they still won't require an accountant's signature. Natalie Eckersall, Aviva Australia general manager of wealth protection products, said because advisers have already done the groundwork in checking the client's finances to recommend the right ...

AMP easywrite eases insurance pain

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... service includes both personal and superannuation insurance. According to Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, easywrite reduced the application time because the customer was only required to answer questions relevant to their needs ...