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Guardian Advice monetises new medical service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... advisers to easily refer clients and get a share of the profits. When medical and pathology testing is needed as part of an insurance application process, advisers often have little control over whether the client actually sees their general practitioner ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... previously a senior consultant at Rice Warner and prior to that an associate director at Deloitte. O'Halloran will focus on insurance arrangements for Russell's clients. She has over 20 years of superannuation experience. "As an asset manager, you can't ...

HUB24 add AIA to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... platform HUB24. This is the third platform partnership AIA has made in the past two years. AIA general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said the platform linkups are designed to reduce advisers' administrative load, freeing them up for more client-facing ...

AMP issues profit warning on insurance claims

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... losses for Australian wealth protection were $32 million for the five months to 31 May 2013, comprising $26 million in insurance claims, $8 million in lapses, and offset by $2 million of other positive experience. Of the claims experience losses, around ...

Elana Rubin nabs property board appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... investing," he said. "Without doubt, Elana is one of the most respected and experienced people in the superannuation and insurance industries." In May Rubin assumed a non-executive director role with National Wealth Management and will serve as director ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

ClearView advisers up by 45%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Wealth has increased the number of authorised financial advice representatives by 45% and boosted its in-force life insurance premiums over the last year. The dealer group went from 70 advisers in June 30, 2012, to 102 in May 31, 2013, according to a ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... attractive prospect to investors who could not get good yields from more traditional investments. "Pension funds and insurance companies have thought of these [EM bonds] as treasuries with yield, which they are definitely not," Goodwin said. But he said ...

Aust(Q) merger with AustralianSuper 'in members' interest'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... significant change for AUST(Q) Super members, giving them access to AustralianSuper's lower costs and range of investment, insurance and pension options. Representing the construction, engineering, maintenance and allied industries, the small Queensland ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Life insurance company AIA Australia has extended its Income Protection benefit to include workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD ...