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Zurich names new global head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... assets to effectively match our liabilities illustrates his in-depth understanding of the complexities of the insurance business." Current chief executive, James Schiro, retires at the end of the year after taking on the chief executive role in 2002. ...

Suncorp re-names wealth division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... to all stakeholders that our business model is aligned to our aspiration." Suncorp Life encompasses the life insurance business which is supported by the asset management and super & investments divisions. This change follows Summerhayes and the Suncorp ...

Insurance broker caught for fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... not receive the full amount of the insurance premiums collected and had no knowledge of the full details of insurance business which Ryan had written. Consequently insurance premiums had been paid for which no insurance cover existed. The matter was ...

TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... the ongoing success of the company's life insurance market strategy. He highlighted the company's core life insurance business performed well over the six months to March, with new individual life business sales growing 24 per cent ahead of the corresponding ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... to $210 million on the back of strong flows to the firm's employer-sponsored superannuation channel and risk insurance business. AMP Capital Investors, the bank's investment management division, recorded a 15 per cent fall in assets under management ...

AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... industry topic," said Extrem. According to the latest figures from Plan for Life, inflows to AIG Life group risk insurance business grew more than 13 per cent during 2008. Extrem starts his role in May and will be based in the firm's Sydney office.

OneAnswer FUM fall 20 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... million over a half year period while the firm's insurance income rose $7 million to $161 million. The firm's insurance business remained on the rise with total in-force premiums increasing by $94 million to $969 million. Brian Hartzer, head of Australian ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... intricate details of our financial position. This was an unprecedented move," said Green. The growth in group insurance business across the wealth management sector, particularly through platforms, also helped as group risk now accounts for two thirds ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... million. In Hong Kong, the firm's new business index was up a small 7 percent to HK$2.2 billion while life insurance business rose by 14 percent to HK$756 million. Prospects were much stronger in the emerging markets with some regions posting triple-digit ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... chew. Citigroup is representative of what has been happening in the banking/financial/investment/brokerage/insurance business since the crisis. That is, it is going back to basics. George W. Bush in his last news conference as US President asked 'why ...