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Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... being acquired on a staged settlement basis with a series of payments required between now and 2016. Folkestone is underwriting the Fund offer of $18.25m. Folkestone will retain a co-investment of 20% of the Fund ($3.65m) following completion of the ...

AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... experience in the Australian financial services industry, with management experience spanning operations, claims and underwriting, superannuation, investments, distribution, product, pricing and marketing. He has been with AIA Australia for the last ...

Group risk premiums on the up: Rice Warner

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... research Thierry Bareau said. He added that a combination of forces including changing population demographics and underwriting pressures appear to lie at the base of this new pricing development. "Should the group segment continue increasing its premiums ...

ANZ streamlines OnePath's OneCare Express

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... faster and more intuitive for advisers and their clients. ANZ head of life insurance Gerard Kerr said that a new underwriting engine cuts the application process down by up to half the time. "By categorising questions in a more intuitive way, we've been ...

Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... as their salary increases over time and includes opportunities to increase cover by an additional multiple without underwriting for certain life events."

FSC awards life insurance companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Sydney. AMP director of insurance Megan Beer won the Industry Pioneer award, while BT Financial national manager of underwriting, new business and claims Tracey Crowe won the Leadership award. The Young Achiever award was handed to ANZ Wealth direct ...

Weatherhead to leave Rice Warner for AustralianSuper

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... over 30 years' experience within the wealth management industry and in the field of insurance experience in advising underwriting and claims management teams on optimising their processes, including implementing a new underwriting workflow system and ...

CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... the market place has been absolutely critical," he said. Macquarie Life won all three client service team awards: Underwriting Team of the Year, Claims Team of the Year and Business Support Services/BDM Team of the Year. The three annuity and income ...

Perpetual appoints fixed income analyst from Deutsche Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... markets division of Deutsche Bank, where she spent ten years, most recently as director focusing on origination and underwriting of sub-investment grade debt. Moal has more than 15 years' experience in the credit and fixed income market and she will ...

AFA Plan For Life - Life Company Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... service quality areas. Separate awards will be given for term and TPD, trauma, income protection, service quality, underwriting and new business services, claims services and business support. Plan For Life (PFL) has developed the criteria on which life ...