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HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... Australia. Van Der Wielen will be responsible for over 370 business development managers and supervise HBOS' pension and life insurance business that includes the Clerical Medical Unit with A$98 billion in funds under management. "Van Der's appointment ...

Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Allianz has thrown down a huge challenge to the insurance industry with the launch of a direct access life insurance suite of products that not only lower costs by up to 30 per cent but come with a product disclosure statement that is only seven pages. ...

CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

... Commonwealth Bank-owned insurance giant CommInsure will reward around 40,000 of its clients with $1.2 billion in extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. The Loyalty Bonus Benefit scheme is for customers who have maintained their ...

DIY fund insurance more tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... Superannuation Fund. Andrew Hamilton, joint managing director of the super fund, said, "It can be more tax effective for life insurance to be held in a self managed super fund (SMSF) instead of paying for the policy from after-tax dollars outside of ...

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... group CEO and have Dunn run his pick of the businesses - maybe the debt business. Have someone from ANZ remake life insurance and someone else from AMP work out how to take ANZ to a fifth or a quarter of the home loan market. And own up to the need to ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... initiatives such as FIF Reform, withholding tax, the ongoing review of international tax, CIV reform, GST, stamp duty on life insurance and product rationalisation. Barlin is the current chair of the Tax Working Group and member of the Economics, Savings ...

MetLife and Challenger finalise deal

Following delays, MetLife Insurance has finally received court approval to transfer its annuity and pension business to Challenger, effective end of this month. "The sale of our investment business completes a major phase of our strategic re-positioning," ...

DKN to wrap up $120m Zurich deal

... financial planning practices network. Under the deal, Zurich will partner with DKN to exclusively promote Zurich life insurance and managed fund products to small and mid-sized dealer groups in Australia. Meanwhile, Lonsdale chief executive officer Mario ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Zurich Financial Services has become the first Australian life office to launch IRESS' AppCentral electronic life insurance application software across its adviser network. The life-insurance program allows advisers to complete proposals and submit ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... Institute (ICI) has called for retirement funds to be invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable value funds emphasise principal ...