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Fin Svcs Asian opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... at least five times. Manpower Employment Outlook survey results found that 37 per cent of companies in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors are expected to increase hiring. Lincoln Crawley, managing director for Manpower, said that organisations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... 44 cents to $21.30. Making news on Thursday, Commonwealth Bank quashed media speculation it was interested in buying Insurance Australia Group, while ANZ said it opened its first branch in India. The mining and resource sector was also lower. BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... program in Western Australia by spending $US350 million ($A329 million) on early works and procurement. Shares in QBE Insurance Group Ltd fell almost four per cent to their lowest in over six months after the company cut the forecast for insurance profit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... cent, at $36.98, while Kingsgate Consolidated was up 11 cents, by around 1.4 per cent, at $8.31. In news on Tuesday, Insurance Australia Group said it was aiming for 10 per cent of the company's gross written premium to come from Asia by 2016. The stock ...

Equipsuper builds intra-fund advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Equipsuper. The new service will now offer members advice on three areas, which investment option should a member be in, what insurance should they have and what contributions should they be making. "What Member Adviser services has done is provided ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... on lending finance for April. In Brisbane, the Queensland government hands down its annual Budget. In equities news, Insurance Australia Group Ltd holds an investor briefing. In Australia on Friday, the Australian share market staged a mild relief rally ...

Advisers and super key to underinsurance: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), 'Risking Everything', conducted by researcher CoreData and sponsored by AIA Insurance, 703 individuals were surveyed on their views on life insurance and how they address risk. Within survey respondents, some ...

CommInsure hires AMP manager to strengthen retail advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... newly-created role of head of business retention and growth, to help respond to the impact of FOFA on the retail life insurance sector, "With the proposed changes to the retail life insurance industry, as a part of the Future of Financial Advice reforms ...

Direct insurance secures major player status

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Direct insurance occupies 17.8 per cent of new sales market, securing its place in the insurance industry and as a real competitor to advisers and group insurance alike. According to latest figures from Rice Warner Actuaries' latest Direct Life Insurance ...

Praemium V-Wrap platform goes mobile

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... week after Praemium announced it would partner with life insurer, Tower Australia, to allow Tower to be the sole life insurance product provider on the platform. Tower will pay Praemium an undisclosed fee for Tower's access and integration into its insurance ...