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Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Krawitz has worked in the development of the Workers Compensation business, and has played an influencing role for the insurance industry with governments and regulators. Silver has most recently held the role of secretary of the Victorian Department ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Australia, the market on Friday fell on the last day of trade in the financial year as cautious investors sold mining and insurance stocks. Australia's share market gained 17 per cent over the past year, but the final week of 2012/13 proved a roller ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... group insurers - it's not a government-funded intitative," Lydon told Financial Standard. In a recent survey by IFS Insurance Solutions, it was found that Australian group life insurers were paying out more than $160 million per year for income protection ...

UniSuper awarded MySuper licence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... investment strategy of our 'Balanced' option, with its consistently strong investment performance, and our existing insurance offering, already met the criteria for MySuper, we did not need to develop a new product," UniSuper executive manager, member ...

HUB24 adds Perpetual SMA to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... This is in addition to the more than 800 wholesale managed funds, 1,000 listed securities and multiple term deposit and insurance options, including the recently added AIA retail life insurance products. "HUB24's market leading SMA/Managed Portfolio ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... under-funded retirements, the attraction of a certain, defined return is obvious and the instruments could provide an important insurance policy against longevity risk and market crashes. "While the bonds could be used for any goal that has a fixed date ...

Rubik launches COIN app

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... "Drilling down into each area allows users to view their clients' essential data, such as key details, key relationships, insurance arrangements, goals and objectives and estate planning information," Wilson said.

Suncorp forced to improve compliance after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... 2013. Suncorp will have to improve the processes for monitoring and supervising representatives in its life and general insurance businesses, as well as reporting incidents and breaches in its insurance businesses. It will also have to work on administering ...

TAL Life CEO to sit on parent board

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
TAL Life Insurance Group (TAL) chief executive and managing director Jim Minto has been appointed to the board of Tokyo-based parent company Dai-ichi Life as executive officer. Minto will continue in his role as group chief executive of TAL. TAL chairman ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Planning Specialists and a number of its advisers will also join Affinia Financial Advisers, which is backed by life insurance group TAL. "After holding the licence for a number of years, the compliance obligations were taking me away from running a ...