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AZ NGA acquires $130m Brisbane practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... by Stephen Bell, Lyn Bell and Chris Shiels in 2007. It provides advice on wealth accumulation, retirement planning, insurance and strategic planning. As part of the acquisition, AZ NGA has implemented its now-standard share swap of 49% of Logiro equity ...

EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... technology industries. Sedgwick is currently chair of Australian Tourist Park Management, a director of Australian Life Insurance Group and is a member of the Finance Committee of Queens College (University of Melbourne) and a member of the Foundation ...

Police TPD claims in focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Corners report has shone a spotlight on the difficulties superannuation members can face when making claims through group insurance arrangements, including delays and potential surveillance. Last night the program aired allegations that insurance companies ...

Greater financial literacy key to improved adviser reputation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... advice profession. Almost half of respondents (49.8%) believe it is advisers who hold the responsibility to improve life insurance literacy, while 46.3% believe the responsibility should be shared between advisers and life insurers. Head of distribution ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... distribution and took a job with Morgan Stanley in May 2004 as an executive director. "It was different to come from an insurance-owned asset manager and then be with an investment banking-owned business. It was a different culture; not right or wrong ...

MetLife appoints senior AMP, AIA vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... regulatory and political stakeholders as we continue to manage change and raise industry standards in the Australian life insurance sector." Finally, Stephen Varney has joined MetLife as head of individual pricing and affiliate. Prior to this, he was ...

BT health score helping claimants back to work

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
A health score introduced by BT a year ago to help its insurance claimants get back into the workforce is showing strong signs of being a success. Introduced in July 2015, BT's health outcome measure assesses a person on a number of health aspects including ...

Charter Hall appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... where she is responsible for corporate strategy, finance, transactions, safety and environment, risk, compliance and insurance. Moses was recently appointed as a non-executive director at Orica, and other directorships include a non-executive role at ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... portfolio completion. "They've [instos] actually started to bring ETFs in to the core of portfolios. When we surveyed insurance companies in 2013 only 6% used ETFs, this year it was more than 60%. We've had a 10-fold increase in insurance companies using ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... (-1.5%). The increase of 4.2% for medical and hospital services was driven by the annual increase in Private Health Insurance (PHI) premiums, which rise on 1 April every year. The increase of 5.9% for automotive fuel follows three consecutive quarterly ...