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Former ANZ chief rumoured move to UK Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Former ANZ chief executive, John McFarlane, is reportedly heading back to the UK to assume the chair role of insurance provider, Aviva, after the shock exit of its UK chief executive Mark Hodges. Currently a non-executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland ...

AMP targets lost super to attract members

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... giant will also use the service to encourage its super customers to speak to a financial planner about fees and loss of insurance that can occur when consolidating. "Australians on average have three superannuation accounts and it's estimated that this ...

MLC hands planners client engagement tool

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... to My Client Leads with 137,000 leads sent to advisers. The tool is available to advisers that use MLC platforms and insurance, flagging trigger events such as change of name or address, withdrawal of super funds, lack of insurance cover and clients ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... with their requirements. "This is a specialised area of advice and needs to encompass broader planning aspects such as insurance on the property as well as extensive modeling of cash flow, super contributions, property yields, and so on." Strategic advice ...

Super insurance simplified for funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... legislation that makes it easier for super funds to claim tax deductions for the cost of total and permanent disability insurance provided to members. Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten introduced amendments to tax laws that allow the percentage of ...

Tower, Praemium tackle new frontier

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... insurer, Tower Australia, has taken a first step after the proposed FOFA banning of commissions on risk products. The insurance giant has joined with online financial portfolio administrator, Praemium which will give Tower access to its 200 planner groups. ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... predicting stock market movements. According to a recent Sensis survey on social media, 10 per cent of Australian finance and insurance companies have a social media presence, be it through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, blogs or forums.

Telstra Super slash fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... expand its member services with previous actions including free financial planning advice for members, discounted health insurance and online tools Road to Retirement and Super Cheat Notes. Martin Crowe, chief executive, Telstra Super, said the latest ...

MetLife launches credit insurance product

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
MetLife Insurance has entered the credit card insurance market with Citibank, launching a credit card account insurance product to protect policyholders in the instance of unemployment, death or injury. CardGuard, available exclusively to Citibank customers ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Could it be? That Americans are now buying jewellery instead of houses while at the same time claiming unemployment insurance? Just a thought. Nah! Bloomberg quotes Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott ...