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Life insurance industry no more

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... societal changes in the 1980s and 1990s. For example, just a decade ago 40 per cent of all super was controlled by life insurance companies but today it sits at only 23 per cent. This transition has also forced big changes in how life insurance companies ...

Grange number one for credit linked notes: AsiaRisk magazine

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
... 10 Asian countries including Australia, covering corporate treasurers, risk managers, chief financial officers, life insurance companies, hedge fund managers and private banking clients. The survey ranked the top five financial institutions in Australia ...

Value of advice shines at Tupicoffs

... payout in total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance on behalf of her disabled son. He also arranged $250,000 life insurance for the client's daughter and ensured the client's superannuation-related paperwork was all in order. "Lots of people are ...

FCA levels insurance field for DIY funds

... an estimated $1.3 trillion. According to TNS/Rice Walker Actuaries, fewer than 45 per cent of Australians have life insurance cover including many SMSF members. And according to AXA, one of the fastest growing segment in the superannuation industry is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... HONG KONG - Stocks slipped fractionally as investors took to the sidelines ahead of US economic data, while China Life Insurance led the decline in Hong Kong-listed mainland companies. The Hang Seng index closed at 15,621.44, down 7.25 points. WELLINGTON ...

PIS set for a million dollar make-over

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... practice to its substantial network. PIS is one of Australia's largest networks of financial advisers, accountants and life insurance brokers and hopes to leverage some of MDRT's global resources and experience to enhance the practice management, ethics ...

NAB completes $575m insurance sale to AXA

... Hong Kong and MLC Indonesia to AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH). The bank flagged its intentions to divest its life insurance operations in the region to AXA Asia Pacific as reported in Financial Standard more than two months ago. NAB's managing director ...

Life insurers and 25 AFSL holders under ASIC microscope

... look at the actual data has allowed ASIC to focus its regulatory powers on some segments of the sector, such as life insurance. "We have identified life insurers as a particular industry segment for more work as the low number of breach notifications ...

MBF lifestyle protector to bundle insurance and ClearView

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... owned health insurer in Australia with nearly 1 million members and 20 per cent of the market, while it has 67,000 life insurance customers. ClearView has 37,000 customers and $1.5 billion in funds under management.

Life insurance still the big risk: ING

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
... of a serious event. ING believes the problem has to do with a lack of consumer access and understanding around life insurance, which results in many putting it well down the order on their list of priorities. ING also expressed concerns that many are ...