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YBR boosts revenue by 288%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... revenue by 288% to $59.2 million in the half-year to 31 December 2014. This corresponded with an 84% growth in life insurance sales and a gross profit of $11.9 million (up 94%). YBR's half-yearly report attributes the rise in revenue to the additional ...

Law should stop banks "bundling" super: ISA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Super Australia (ISA) has denounced banks offering employers incentives to "bundle" super with business banking and insurance services. In some cases, ISA's statement said, these incentives have included discounts on insurance products and tickets to ...

AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... AIA operating profit after tax was up 16% to US$2.91 billion for the year ended 30 November 2014. The Hong Kong-listed insurance company reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... Treasury Wine Estates releases their half year results. Aristocrat Leisure hold its annual general meeting. Meanwhile, the Insurance Council of Australia's 2015 regulatory update seminar is on in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Thursday fell from ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... December 2014, which represents a 9% growth from the prior corresponding period. The company wrote $17 million of life insurance new business premiums in the half year, up 32% compared to the year before. Funds under management grew 9% and reached $1.77 ...

ClearView calls for life insurance industry crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
ClearView Wealth Limited has petitioned Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) chairman John Trowbridge to fix numerous conflicts of interest within the industry. The key recommendations in ClearView's statement were indicating that narrow ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... client files, Count found instances of contraventions of its internal business rules in relation to client fact finding, insurance and gearing analysis, and in documenting the basis for advice provided. The regulator was also concerned that a corporate ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Suncorp Life has appointed an executive general manager of distribution to face the challenging conditions of the life insurance industry. Andrew Mair will take over the role on March 9 and will report to Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes. ...

Centuria reports 6.6% growth in net assets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... property funds management division's IPO of the $143 million Centuria Metropolitan REIT, $37 million sale of Over Fifty Insurance Pty Ltd, and growth in sale and performance fees in the unlisted property funds division. "We have been working very hard ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group risk insurers grew their collective market share from 67% as at June 2013 to 73% as at ...