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Under 30s shine in Future Leaders Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... produce a paper discussing their views on one of several categories including technology, investment products, life insurance and financial planning. The papers are then judged by the country's leading practitioners in each category and the four finalists ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... rising unemployment. As the investment environment looks more optimistic, the Aviva purchase, which includes a life insurance business and investment platform; Navigator is expected to add scale, efficiency to MLC, said a statement from the firm. The ...

Drop commissions or get off APL: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... to the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) stance, the no-commission approach does not include life insurance products. AMP Financial Planning includes around 1,360 planners representing $13 billion in funds under advice while Hillross ...

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... needs. In addition, nearly the same percentage of women said they're "disappointed" with banks and 45 per cent said life insurance companies don't know how to work with them. "The balance of power shifts as women earn more money and their incremental ...

AIA tops life risk inflows chart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... AIG Australia, has beaten its competitors by a wide margin to record the largest percentage increases of overall life insurance risk market inflows, new research shows. AIA Australia enjoyed the highest percentage of inflow increases at 86.5 per cent ...

MLC targets TV for insurance drive

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... advertisements is encouraging discussion around "what's important", which the advertisement highlights is gaining life insurance. "We know people understand the need for insurance but other life issues get in the way. These advertisements are really ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... within the insurance market. "The larger industry funds are already generating a form of indigestion within the life insurance industry," he said. "Because of the large scale and limited period of their insurance contracts, we now have an inefficient ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... "personal statement" online. The new facility, called Riskfirst mylink, will allow people who are applying for a life insurance, income protection, disability or trauma policy to complete their personal statement through the web. "This is the first time ...

Zurich launches heart awareness campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Index and would continue to help financial advisers spread the awareness message wider and specifically to their life insurance clients. Zurich's life insurance experience for death claims is consistent with the overall causes of death for all Australians ...