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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 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due out, while the Insurance Council of Australia is slated to hold a regulatory update with a panel discussion featuring APRA member Ian Laughlin ...

Latin American pension funds eye PE

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... American and European institutional investors. These regulations are focused on reducing the risk of insolvency for insurance companies and restrict banks from making speculative investments that don't benefit their costumers. In its research, Preqin ...

AFA makes board and exec changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... Blueleaf Consulting Pty Ltd which specialises in providing business succession, estate planning, group and individual risk insurance advice. Crawford is a former National Committee member of the AFA's GenXt initiative and a senior financial adviser of ...

Centric Wealth appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... specialises in strategic and marketing advice. Previously, she was a director at Perpetual and sat on the board of Prudential Insurance. Chairman, David Shein, said this varied experience will be highly valued by the Group. "Bonnie brings significant ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... referred to the strong sales of Liquid Lifetime and Care Lifetime annuities, two fast growing products focused on longevity insurance. "The Care Annuity is the fastest growing annuity product in Challenger's history and with around 58,000 people moving ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Group's strong results and record performance as AIA leverages its leadership position in the world's fastest-growing insurance markets," said Peter Crewe, AIA Australia CEO. "These results reinforce AIA's strength in Australia and across Asia-Pacific ...

Virgin Money Australia names MD

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... February last year. The appointment follows a period of significant growth across all of the Australian arm's investments, insurance and credit card products. Under Curneen's leadership, Virgin Money has achieved a 40 per cent increase in earnings thanks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... at $9.51. A majority of the company's business is done in the US, where it said the housing market was improving. QBE Insurance, which also has a large exposure to the US market, was another strong performer, up 37 cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $13.12. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... be seen as a... short-term positive, because he would clearly be a pro-stimulus central bank governor," he said. QBE Insurance shares fell 66 cents, or 5.07 per cent, to $12.37 at 1035 AEDT, after announcing an annual profit growth of eight per cent ...