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Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... undischarged bankrupt status while acting as an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning and AMP General Insurance Distribution. Although Blinco represented AMP Financial Planning, ASIC said that neither the company nor AMP General Insurance ...

AIG Australia to be retained

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... in 2009. Some Asian AIG business units are for sale however, for example, their Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co subsidiary, reported Newsweek.

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.