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BTFG drags Westpac performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... from legacy products to lower-fee MySuper products, higher regulatory compliance costs, as well as a spike in general insurance claims from Cyclone Debbie. The life insurance business however, was a standout performer. Cooper attributed this to the quality ...

Ellerston and Coombe buy Austock stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Coombe has more than 35 years' experience in retail, business and private banking, funds management, life and general insurance, and pension and financial planning business. He is also a former group executive at Westpac charged with running the retail ...

ASIC cancels suspended AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based company Rural & General Insurance Broking for failing to comply with legal obligations and licence conditions. The regulator found the company failed to lodge annual financial ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... deposits Life insurance - $973 million of life in-force premiums; about 10% market share for in-force premiums General insurance - $503 million gross written premiums Lenders mortgage insurance - $287 million gross written premiums

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... the products are and what they do," Gunning said. This includes loans, life insurance, retirement planning, general insurance, SMSFs, superannuation, managed property investments, securities and derivatives. As defined by ASIC, "factual advice" is "objectively ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... with this, the wealth team has been strengthened by appointments across investment services, life insurance and general insurance, with a phone-based advice team also currently in development with a view to be launched by the end of the year. YBR's interim ...

Veteran Suncorp executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... Reporting Standards, organising mergers between Suncorp, GIO and Promina and managing the restructure of the group's general insurance and life businesses. Before Suncorp, he spent 17 years at KPMG across banking and insurance, becoming a partner in ...

Regulator finalises ANZ compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... compliance review. The review, which was conducted by PwC, investigated compliance functions of ANZ's life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management businesses within the OnePath group. PwC made six recommendations for OnePath, four ...

BTFG navigates wealth management headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... insurance division also reported increased cash earnings of $18 million driven by higher premiums and lower general insurance claims, but these too were offset by higher life insurance benefits paid out. Commenting on the results, chief executive Brad ...

APRA marks New Year priorities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... marked improvement in its resilience to market volatility. Meanwhile, APRA said that its main concern regarding general insurance has been monitoring the extent to which participants have been disciplined in responding to the various challenges that ...