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Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... increase of 2.7 per cent to $6.5 billion. And insurance growth proved a bright spot for the company with new insurance business increasing by 22 per cent, and in-force insurance premiums growing at an annualised rate of 15 per cent. Life Insurance is ...

MLC and NAB Wealth names insurance GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... insurance for MLC and NAB Wealth. "Duncan will be responsible for the continued growth of MLC and NAB Wealth's insurance business with three key areas of focus;" said Steve Tucker, Group Executive of MLC and NAB Wealth. "That is, continuing to deliver ...

OnePath launches OneCare on super platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... a very tax effective and online efficient mechanisms so it is plugged right into the front end of our life insurance business and online underwriting, cache management program. We have linked that all together onto a wrap platform," said Pankhurst. The ...

CBA posts $1.6bn quarterly profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... in net flows. Meanwhile, Insurance Inforce premiums grew 2.1 per cent, excluding the sale of the St Andrew's Insurance business. Ralph Norris, the company's chief executive, said that operating conditions remain challenging, but are expected to improve ...

ANZ posts $5bn profit

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
ANZ reported a 33 per cent increase in underlying profit of $5 billion, buoyed by the strong performance of its funds management and insurance businesses. Additionally, the full year results ending 30 September 2010 show a 53 per cent rise in statutory ...

ClearView Wealth FUMA hits $3.1bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... group's strong set of results following a company restructure and new focus. As of June 2010, the ClearView life insurance business had an annual in-force premium base of $40 million and 60,000 existing policyholders while its wealth management business ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
In line with the terms of the sale of the Aviva insurance business and platform to NAB last year, the bank's insurance arm MLC will rename the acquired business' popular insurance product Aviva Protectionfirst to MLC Protectionfirst, effective October ...

Broking firms back Suncorp update

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... Asteron and through direct distribution channels through GIO, APIA and AAMI. The group continues to provide group insurance business. "It follows Patrick Snowball's [chief executive of Suncorp] vision of one company, many brands. It's really opened up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... scheduled for Wednesday. In companies news, banker and insurer, Suncorp Metway Ltd, provides an update on its life insurance business, and Sensis chief executive Bruce Akhurst addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne. In Australia ...

CommInsure restructures, appoints Browne as GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
CommInsure has restructured its life insurance business, and appointed former general manager of Financial Wisdom, Tim Browne, as general manager, retail advice. The restructure will incorporate a "line of business" approach for each of its dedicated ...