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Metlife appoints head of group pricing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
MetLife Insurance has named Adam Fusca as head of group pricing in Australia. Prior to his new role, he worked at Tal where he held the role as head of group insurance products and pricing. He is a qualified actuary, and has previously also held various ...

Premium adds new practice to dealer network

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... a group with similar depth of knowledge and focus on holistic financial management, rather than simply selling life insurance or other products," said Robert Kirk, principal at Platinum. As Premium is founded by accountants, Kirk said he was attracted ...

ASIC bans two advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... switching a client's superannuation and failed to ensure the business Holt Norman & Co maintained professional indemnity insurance. In related news, CommSec has paid a $50,000 penalty to ASIC to comply with an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Debelle is scheduled to deliver the Deakin University's 2012 Richard Searby Oration. In equities news, KPMG General Insurance Survey is due out, providing an overview of insurers' results and outlook, while NSW Minister for Resources and Energy Chris ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...

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J.P. Morgan buys into BYOT

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... teams, units and groups on different floors of the building are now tech-mobile," he said. In March this year banking and insurance group Suncorp announced they would move all staff to virtual desktops by the end of 2013 after introducing their BYO Device ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... that companies supporting Medicare and Medicaid will benefit (including pharmaceutical companies), while private health insurance companies will lose out. If Romney wins, however, there is a strong chance he may try to repeal the Affordable Care Act ...

Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... blue-chips offering reliably high and growing dividing streams." Fourthly, Stevenson said that gold should be used as an insurance policy against dollar debasement and inflation. Finally, inflation should be hedged against, with either inflation-linked ...

NZ Superannuation completes five new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Superannuation, the Crown Entity which manages the $19 billion fund. Gavin is currently the chairman of ASB Bank, Sovereign Insurance, CommSec, the Kirin International Advisory Board and the Ultra-Fast Broadband Steering Committee. He has been a director ...