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Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... fee-for-service model and has approximately $250 million in funds under advice and $1.5 million in in-force insurance premiums. The move by TFS follows the acquisition of a 40% stake in regional Victorian firm Financial Momentum in July 2014. "We are ...

AIA Vitality available on platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... healthy behaviour, including discounts on shopping, entertainment and travel purchases, and discounts on eligible insurance premiums. "We know that platforms are becoming an increasingly popular business channel for advisers to write risk, so we've got ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... insurance and banking operations boosted its 2013/14 annual profit by 49% to $730 million, as the company lifted insurance premiums, incurred lower claims, and increased loans and deposits. Shareholders are also being rewarded with an $895 million dividend ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... fair bit of time with our clients explaining to them the variables that we can control that will reduce their insurance premiums... their overall health has a lot to do with that."

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... features and benefits of our cover is an outstanding outcome for our members given the plethora of bad news on insurance premiums announced in recent months by other funds," the fund's chief executive Danielle Press said. The latest APRA data shows life ...

Cbus insurance premiums jump to almost $15 a week

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Industry fund Cbus has almost doubled its life insurance premiums, becoming the latest super fund to do so in response to a spike in claims. Following renegotiations with group insurer Hannover Life Re of Australasia, Cbus members on the default option ...

Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... features and benefits of our cover is an outstanding outcome for our members given the plethora of bad news on insurance premiums announced in recent months by other funds," Press said. Equip Personal members, who comprise over half of the fund's 52,000 ...

YBR adds 13 branches to its network

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... 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. Excluding net insurance underwriter payments, YBR net ...

ANZ wealth division profits up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... The bank said underlying performance was strong, driven by growth in funds under management (FUM) and inforce insurance premiums, as well as an improved claims and lapse experience, with retail lapse rates in Australia declining a further 120 bps across ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... frequency in which consumers change consumer policies, a phenomenon known as lapsing. As a result, the price of insurance premiums has skyrocketed in the past few months, while profit has plunged, especially within group insurance. For the full story ...