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Movers and shakers

... CommInsure has appointed Asteron Life's executive manager of risk assessment to head the Commonwealth Bank's insurance business retail advice underwriting team. John Kraszula will join the CommInsure retail advice leadership team on August 25, a Commonwealth ...

AMP half year profit falls 3%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... in Australia with 3,860 financial advisers, up 2% on financial year 2013. Operating earnings for the group's insurance business were $91 million, compared with $64 million half on half, a result that reflects the impact of management actions. "Improving ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... profit of $228 million in 2013/14, up from a loss of $343 million a year earlier. The group's main earner is its insurance business, which owns the AAMI and GIO brands. That business made a profit of $1.01 billion in 2013/14, up 14 per cent on the prior ...

CommInsure nabs Asteron head of underwriting

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... CommInsure has appointed Asteron Life's executive manager of risk assessment to head the Commonwealth Bank's insurance business retail advice underwriting team. John Kraszula will join the CommInsure retail advice leadership team on August 25, a Commonwealth ...

Suncorp reacts to "deteriorating" situation in life risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... will affect the company's net profit after tax for the 2014 financial year, but not its dividends. The life insurance business told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it has revised "claims and lapse assumptions" as part of its financial results ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... higher at $81.82. Suncorp dropped 29.5 cents to $13.39 after it flagged $500 million in write-downs in its life insurance business. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto was 55 cents higher at $61.50 after striking a deal with the African government of ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... products continue to perform well, our focus on Asia is starting to deliver results and the performance of our insurance business is in line with guidance," Meller said. AMP Flexible Super product attracted net cashflows of $387 million over the period ...

YBR adds 13 branches to its network

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... underwriter outflows of $0.36 million. "Net underwriter inflows and outflows arise as a consequence of our general insurance business and reflect a pass through of insurance premiums for clients to their respective underwriters," the company reported. ...

BT Life appoints chief underwriter

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
BT has appointed a new chief underwriter for its insurance business, after its former chief underwriter was promoted to the role of national manager underwriting of new business and claims. Richard Zarzeczny will be replacing Tracey Crowe and will be ...

AMP chairman to retire amid wider board changes

ALICE URIBE & AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Pacific, where he was chairman from 2000-2011 and a director since 1992. Trevor Matthews, a former British insurance business Aviva UK chief executive, has joined the AMP as a non-executive director.