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Bravura wins Russell retail deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... products. Bravura, an existing client of Russell's, won a five year contract for Sonata, a platform that covers life insurance, trust, pension and annuities, group superannuation and UK wrap. Russell will use the Sonata platform for its Private Series ...

Aust foreign finance subsidiaries worth $71b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... and employ 76,000 staff, revealed a new ABS finance sector survey. Recording $28 billion in offshore sales in 2009-10, insurance and pension fund services comprised 63% of this total, insurance services 29% and the remaining 8% were auxiliary services ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... roughly US$2 million per annum to insure US$10 million worth of Greek debt over five years. During last year's scare, the insurance premium was only US$1.1 million. Go figure. So if it's not all Greece, it must be the turnaround in sentiment as regards ...

Merged LGsuper fund born today

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Super's administration in-house. Once complete, LGsuper will turn its focus to reviewing and consolidating the separate insurance arrangements that have been retained post-merger, it said.

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
The life insurance gap in Australia is down 33%, dropping from $1,000 billion in 2005 to $669 billion in June 2010, based on the survival needs of families and dependants after death according to Rice Warner Actuaries. Comparably, the level of life ...

AustralianSuper, Westscheme merger completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... "AustralianSuper's size and strength and their core offering of low fees, strong long-term investment performance, comprehensive insurance and their pension product were very attractive to us," said Lawrie Cox, TAIST fund secretary. An Aviation Industry ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... total revenue with a lot of growth expected in that area. He said the planners from Total Financial Solutions direct insurance business to Count Financial. "That will continue to be a growth area with the underinsurance problem in Australia," he said. ...

AllianceBernstein bullish on molecular medicine

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... patients will react to treatment. "These tests go for $4000 because they do save the system so much money and the FDA and insurance companies want to enable these companies to do more R&D and produce more of these tests," said Wood. AllianceBernstein's ...

First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... more purchasing power which it said means members will benefit from lower investment and administration costs, better insurance benefits and access to more member services. Health Super also noted that it would retain its Health Super Financial Planning ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... measures designed to avoid the nation defaulting on its debts also buoyed market sentiment. Making news on Thursday, Insurance Insurance Australia Group (IAG) maintained guidance of an insurance margin of 8-10 per cent for 2010/11, after saying the Christchurch ...