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TAL increases focus on direct insurance with buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
TAL has made further steps towards the direct insurance market after acquiring the remaining 90% shares that it didn't already own of online life insurance comparator Lifebroker business. Lifebroker provides consumers choice and comparison of life insurance ...

Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... 2014 will add to our current advice model for our members. Members are increasingly seeking advice in areas such as insurance, contributions and investment choice, and this service will assist them, at no additional cost." IFS chief executive Bill Danaher ...

Challenger reports big boost in annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Challenger has reported a 31% boost in its life annuities sales over the last 12 months, suggesting a burgeoning demand for annuities in Australia's as-yet-underdeveloped annuities market. Challenger's life annuities sales for the September quarter ...

Reinsurance specialist boosts Australian team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Sydney and will allow the firm to expand its offering from a traditional reinsurance broker to a holistic provider of insurance services. Matthew Rose has been appointed to the newly-created role of principal of Capital and Strategy. Rose has 23 years' ...

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... planner and lost it all due to bad advice. The client became disabled after a car accident and was paid $800,000 by an insurance company. Her adviser recommended her to set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and put all her money in high risk investments. ...

ASIC reports drop in financial services insolvencies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The number of financial and insurance services (FIS) companies going into external administration in the 2012-13 financial year fell modestly compared to the previous year, according to new figures released by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

TPD insurance prices up 10%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance prices have gone up 10% in the last year, but the insurance market is still under pressure from increasing claim rates and failure to adapt products to social trends. A Rice Warner Wholesale Insurance Market ...

Pre-retirees won't meet goals without equities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... stage in an investor's saving journey is that they must focus on capital preservation. Padowitz is an advocate of equity insurance options. "The old allocation of cash and fixed income is a recipe for pain down the road. Investors must take risk but ...

Insurers now in full recovery mode

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... devastating series of natural disasters that saw floods, bushfires, earthquakes and tsunamis scar the Asia-Pacific region, the insurance and reinsurance industry is close to recovery. With the great majority of short-tail claims now settled, insurer ...

Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... industry can engage clients and play a role in rewarding healthy behaviours in a bid to reduce the number of health insurance claims and improve the lives of Australians. "Good health is fundamental to Australia's future social and economic well-being," ...