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TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Virgin Money has launched a directly available life insurance product, underpinned by TOWER Australia. Virgin Money will lend its brand, product development and customer service expertise to the alliance while TOWER Australia will provide the infrastructure ...

AFA promotes Make A Plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers gives its younger adviser network an update on the association's initiatives, including the Make A Plan campaign, at the GenXt Roadshow in Sydney yesterday. Speaking at the event, chief executive Richard Klipin ...

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The merger of AustralianSuper and Westscheme announced today would create a $40 billion super fund with 1.7 million members, further cementing AustralianSuper's ranking as Australia's biggest super fund. In a joint press conference at 1pm today, long-time ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market has opened firmer, with the banks and miners in the black as investors took their cues from offshore. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.6 points, or 1.06 per cent at 4801.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St indices turning in robust performances on strong earnings reports. Metals were higher, although oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0828 AEDT, the March ...

Zurich poaches IUS Life team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
For three years, Zurich's Group Risk business in Australia has stayed relatively below the radar. That will now change after the insurer scored a hiring coup - successfully recruiting the key team of rival IUS Life, including general manager, Phil Collins. ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
From iPads to the BlackBerry Playbook, global shipments of portable internet devices based on "lite" operating systems will hit 150 million per year in four years - making it more important than ever that advisers get on board the tech revolution. New ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a model for assisting dealer groups and financial planners affected by the QLD flood crisis - and the same model is being adopted by its insurer members. FSC members are currently paying, in advance ...