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Former EISS sales head joins AMP licensee

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... retirement, financial, estate and investment planning, superannuation, wealth management, salary packaging and company insurance.

REST appoints former NAB general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... several other management positions at the bank, including general manager of people and culture at NAB Wealth and MLC Insurance general manager of group and direct insurance. Before that he was director of integration and manager product and strategy ...

Government "tinkering" tops super industry worries

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... "Currently, there is a sense that regulators don't really understand the super industry and how it is different from banks, insurance companies etc, with the result that new regulations can be harmful to our business," one respondent said. "By 2025 ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... improvements and unique product features, lapse data, contribution to the growth and promotion of the Australian life insurance industry, internal service benchmarks and sustainability were considered in the process. Full list of winners: Overall Platinum ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Sales culture in the life insurance industry is undermining standards of good practice, according to APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Insights Session on 3 March, Laughlin said that the industry's focus on "sales ...

Spring lists on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... raised approximately $4,450,000 in its initial public offering. Spring provides financial planning, wealth management, insurance, superannuation and tax and accounting services. It has assets under advice in excess of $330 million, a mortgage book of ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... attention issues such as revising wills, altering super death benefit nominations, severing joint tenancies and changing insurance policy nominations and/or ownership." Most of the technical services professionals present at the forum agreed that cross ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Australia Bank was 15 cents lower at $38.14, ANZ lost seven cents to $35.59, and Westpac dropped 11 cents to $38.15. But insurance Australia Group rose 1.5 cents to $5.78, despite announcing it's facing claims of up to $90 million as a result of devastation ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Low European interest rates pushing investors to find higher yielding stocks is encouraging them to reconsider the insurance sector. An investment briefing released by Amundi Asset Management said the insurance sector, after strong focus on derisking ...

Zurich chairman retires, replacement named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The chairman of Zurich Financial Services Australia's general insurance, life and investments business, Terry Paradine, is retiring after seven years in the role. Before being appointed chairman, Paradine was a Zurich board member for four years. He ...