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AIA Australia re-enters direct insurance market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
AIA Australia has signed a deal with Bendigo Bank and it will provide direct insurance to its customers for five years. The insurer has partnered with the bank to launch Bendigo SmartCover, a life insurance product that consumers can buy through the ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Australian industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) is on the hunt for more quality infrastructure assets following its purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week ...

Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Independent researcher Defaqto has launched a ratings system addressed at consumers who want to purchase financial products without going through an adviser. The Life Assurance Star Ratings identifies over 50 direct life insurance products and rates ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
A Canadian finance professor has come up with a way of making lifetime annuities affordable by designing them so they only pay out if the market does badly. According to Moshe A. Milevsky of York University, Toronto, while lifetime and deferred lifetime ...

Equip partners with travel insurer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Equip has appointed a travel insurance provider to its portfolio of ancillary service providers. The deal gives members direct access to discounted cover through insurance provider Cover-More. Equip's executive officer, strategic marketing and communications ...

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
In a financial services career spanning moreA than thirty years, Michael Goodall has held senior jobs in superannuation, financial planning and banking; but he tells Mark Smith that it was his time away from theA industry that has best helped him put ...

ACCI board appoints new CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... based appointment in May 2014. "The appointment has been made following a comprehensive recruitment process conducted by the ACCI Board and the fact that ACCI has secured such a high-calibre and experienced leader is a testament to ACCI's standing" ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy. A TAL survey found that 39% of Australians ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has confronted advisers at the annual Conference with the case of a young disabled woman who took $800,000 to a financial planner and lost it all due to bad advice. The client became disabled after a car accident ...