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AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... head south," he added. AXA IM said it has an established track record of managing SmartBeta type strategies for its insurance parent AXA Group. Craig Hurt, AXA IM's Director of Australia & New Zealand, anticipates increased interest in these solutions ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... protection one step further, paying totally and permanently disabled clients a 100% of their income. While traditionally insurance companies only pay 75% of income in these cases, CommeInsure is giving all of their income to permanently disabled clients. ...

Virgin blazes trail with redundancy cover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Virgin Money Australia plans to roll out a full suite of insurance products following a phenomenal take-up of its existing offering, including income cover that pays up to $3,000 a month if the insured is made redundant. The group's managing director ...

CFS FirstWrap regains platform top spot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... CommSec. HUB24 was named as the platform which improved its score the most in 2012, deploying retail superannuation, retail insurance and group insurance in addition to SMSF enhancements. The report also found that spending on new development fell in ...

AvSuper gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... single investment option, a standard of fees that meet legislated requirements and default levels of death and disability insurance. "As predicted, AvSuper was able to meet the new requirements with minimal changes," AvSuper CEO Michelle Griffiths said. ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... early last year they began doing the same for mortage broking services and late last year they began servicing their insurance clients this way. Coates explained that this business approach yields less revenue per client than traditional commission-based ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... individual funds can rise well above $700 per member," he said. The report also found that super funds are spending more on insurance. Insurance costs per member in an industry fund increased by more than 20% in 2011/2012 and by more than 50% over three ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... firms to publish better comparable information on annuities for consumers, publishing claims data on different types of insurance products and providing more context around published complaints data.

ClearView appoints heads of direct and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
ClearView Wealth Limited announced yesterday two senior management appointments in its direct and advice businesses. ClearView has appointed Elliot Singfield as head of direct. Since February, Singfield has been leading the Direct business which includes ...