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Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Macquarie Life has been awarded a five-star status for overall satisfaction in the Beaton Benchmarks 2012 - Life Insurance Intermediaries Study for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only provider in the Australian insurance market to achieve ...

Aust custody and admin sector hits $2 trillion

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... asset administration space were witnessing renewed confidence from their institutional clients such as asset managers, insurance groups and superannuation funds. "The latest ACSA statistics show positive broader market sentiment and strong growth across ...

ICA Board appoints Zurich CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has appointed Daniel Fogarty CEO for Zurich General Insurance in Australia to its board. "I am delighted to accept this position", Fogarty said. "The ICA is essential to the continuing development of a strong ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... Dow rose 0.35 per cent, the S&P500 gained 0.57 per cent and the NASDAQ lifted 0.91 per cent. In other domestic news, Insurance Australia Group (IAG) said about 14,300 claims related to ex-tropical cyclone Oswald and bushfires in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania ...

Insurance broker pleads guilty to theft

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Insurance broker Bruce Wickett pleaded guilty to stealing close to $700,000 of clients' money over a seven month period. Wickett of Frankston, Victoria, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with three counts of theft totalling $662,198.39 ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... deposited. The panel currently has 30 funds available, most of which are retail offerings operated by major NZ banking and insurance groups. Funds having to pass regulatory thresholds to be eligible to act as a KiwiSaver fund, which is why KiwiSaver ...

Australians don't have enough insurance: TAL

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... life insurer TAL has shown that Australians don't think they have enough life, illness, disability or income protection insurance. Through Galaxy Research, TAL questioned more than 1200 Australians on the types of life insurance they held, as well as ...

TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Life insurance group TAL's new risk business Affinia has hired three regional managers to spearhead growth plans, it said yesterday. Affinia said that Jonathon Nguyen, Peter Nielsen and Paul Gaffney would become regional managers, and that each had ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... PM Singh's government opened up Indian industries to foreign investment and also raised foreign ownership of "local insurance ventures" to 49% from 26%, and "for the first time permit foreign direct investment of as much as 26 percent in pension funds..." ...

Affinia kicks off 2013 with three senior hires

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... skill sets across practice development and recruitment. But most importantly, they're passionate about the benefit risk insurance brings to the community, which is what Affinia is all about."