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MLC internally promotes new group insurance GM

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... group insurance. In her new role Beer will be responsible for leading the development and growth of the group insurance business. She is replacing former general manager, Andrew Howard, who is now MLC & NAB Wealth's general manager, people and culture ...

MLC/NAB earnings down but advisers up

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... earnings for the wealth management arm was attributed to weak investment markets and lower earnings in the insurance business, impacted by more claims and changes in the lapse mix although annual inforce insurance premiums increased by 4.2% to $1.5 billion. ...

MLC to launch new flagship insurance product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... chief executive of CGU Insurance, took up the role at MLC and NAB Wealth in March with a mandate to grow the insurance business. The three key areas he set his sights on are delivering market-leading life insurance, developing the bancassurance strategy ...

AIA Australia creates Asia role, new CEO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... super fund AustralianSuper. In his new regional role, Green will have responsibility for spreading AIA Group's insurance business across 15 markets in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia. AIA Group says it is the largest pan-Asian life insurance ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... more prevalent. Morris said the NAB / MLC domination of market share was partly due to their 2009 purchase of insurance business Aviva, which sent them leapfrogging over Tower and CommInsure to be the biggest in the field.

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... revenue with a lot of growth expected in that area. He said the planners from Total Financial Solutions direct insurance business to Count Financial. "That will continue to be a growth area with the underinsurance problem in Australia," he said. Countplus' ...

BT Group profits rise $29 million

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... earnings to raise the half-yearly result by 34 per cent to $203 million. But in a nasty blotch on results, the insurance business lost 28 per cent of its value or $29 million to end up at $75 million for the six months to March. BT Financial Group reported ...

ANZ plots wealth division growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... by 60 basis points and management has been strengthened with new appointments in key leadership roles. The insurance business recorded a 5 per cent rise in in-force premiums for the six months to $1.38 billion, despite losses from the recent flooding ...

Tech provider buys 25pc stake in paraplanning firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... firm, offering advisers insurance Statements of Advice preparation for $350. In a bid to target the advice insurance business, AusParaplanning has released a 'simple life' system where the firm will provide back-to-back service from the insurance client ...

Financial services boost mixed Macquarie results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... dollar. Macquarie Funds has $305 billion in assets under management, down from $311 billion a year prior. Life insurance business, Macquarie Life, increased inforce risk insurance premiums by 59 per cent on the prior year. Income from outside Australia ...