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CommInsure upgrades underwriting offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... loadings and exclusions, and reducing unnecessary referrals within WriteAway, its online underwriting platform for risk insurance. Lacheur said the enhancements are designed to improve advisers' productivity by providing them more choices when applying ...

AZ NGA edges on $5bn with next acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... staff, including two financial planners, and offers advice services including wealth accumulation, retirement planning, insurance and strategic planning. At the time of the purchase agreement, it manages about $170 million in client funds. "Menico Tuck ...

APRA announces promotions, new hires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Reichstein has also been a licensing analyst with ASIC and head of public offer superannuation at APRA predecessor the Insurance and Superannuation Commission. Gideon Holland will take over responsibility of APRA's diversified institutions division as ...

New data feeds will save advisers time: ANZ

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... will introduce data feeds of OneCare client and policy information to XPLAN later this year. ANZ Wealth head of life insurance, Gerard Kerr, says these enhancements will save advisers time when preparing quotes for OneCare. "This next step will mean ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... (including TAFE) and Medicare. The Medicare levy will increase on 1 July 2017 from 2% to 2.5% to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Also starting July 1, Medicare or general practitioners (GP) bulk billing will be indexed, together with GP ...

Increased APRA levies provide regulator with more power

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... and competitive financial system." The new measures will be designed to protect the financial interests of depositors, insurance policyholders and superannuation fund members by responding to new financial system activities and products, to be offset ...

Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... stronger market investments, but was partially offset by exchange rate movements. CBA did not detail the performance of its insurance arm, but noted insurance income was affected by bad weather conditions and Cyclone Debbie. Home lending activity grew ...

APRA and ASIC launch insurance claims pilot

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... and ASIC jointly launched the pilot phase of an initiative to raise standards of public claims reporting in the life insurance industry. The goal of the initiative, initially mooted in ASIC's REP 498 report in October 2016, is for the two regulators ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... abandonment of the indexation of excise on petroleum products - Howard/Costello, 2001 The introduction of a 30% private health insurance tax rebate - Howard/Costello, 1999 The change in the capital gains tax regime from taxing real capital gains at full ...

BTFG drags Westpac performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Westpac's wealth and insurance arm BT Financial Group delivered mixed results for the bank, financial reports released to the ASX show. Every division, with the exception of BTFG "performed solidly" in the six months to March, the bank said. Chief executive ...