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Suncorp numbers fail to shine

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Suncorp's wealth management and general insurance divisions have suffered profit falls due to poor markets and severe weather. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange today, Suncorp confirmed that its wealth management arm reported ...

HSBC contracts Allianz for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
HSBC Bank Australia is partnering with Allianz Australia to provide general insurance products under the HSBC brand to the Australian market. HSBC previously provided insurance to the Australian market using a number of insurers. The bank's move to ...

NZ rules to target 'simple needs' investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... investment and savings planning services or investment broking services and those who provide advice on credit, general insurance or simple securities (such as bank term deposits or call accounts)." The NZ government is also formulating its views regarding ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... ombudsman of the new service. Phillip Field was appointed banking and finance ombudsman, Sam Parrino was appointed general insurance ombudsman and Alison Maynard was selected as investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman. The service's ...

ING snaps up Zurich advisory group

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... groups and is wholly owned by ING Australia. As part of the sale agreement, Millennium3 has agreed to onsell FLS' general insurance business to Insurance Advisernet Australia (IAA), which is part of the Austbrokers network. "Millennium3 has a close working ...

Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... financial services and cover the vast majority of retail financial services providers, including banks, life and general insurance companies, stockbrokers, investment managers and financial planners. Approximately 10,000 consumer disputes and over 100,000 ...

Saropa launches finistic

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Australian technology firm Saropa has developed a general insurance platform, finistic, which allows financial advisers to provide insurance to clients by referring them to a website. Launched last month, clients can access finistic at no cost, via ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... paid by Westpac would be put into new product development. The company is considering new product options in general insurance, health insurance and personal lending. Wakeley said he expected Virgin Money to have new product in the market this year.

Bad weather dampens Suncorp profits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... volatility after the firm's half year net profit after tax was down 27.5 per cent to $382 million. The group's general insurance division posted $172 million half year profit before tax, which was offset by the $280 million cost as a result of Australia ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The bancassurance model is alive and well. The Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance business, Comminsure, has moved to do its own underwriting on its car insurance product because it believes it can get greater value out of its retail network ...