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Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has upgraded its life insurance products, with some of the key features designed to appeal to the small business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement ...

PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
The Productivity Commission has defied its critics and recommended Australia establish twin social no-fault insurance schemes in what is potentially the biggest recasting of the nation's health, welfare and insurance sectors in decades. The recommendations ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
AIA Australia plans to differentiate itself from its rivals through a new suite of customer-focused insurance upgrades and more time-saving insurance tools for financial advisers. Under the group's newly launched WeCare service, AIA's existing Priority ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... was off eight cents at $23.58, Commonwealth Bank had lost 30 cents to $52.89 and ANZ was one cent higher at $24.22. Insurance Australia Group Ltd on Thursday posted a 51 per cent fall in first half net profit after cutting full year guidance due to the ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... continue facing the issue of adviser remuneration arrangements. "Consumers need to have the choice on how to pay for insurance and we will continue to lobby the government to protect that choice," said Rayson. "We are very happy to win this award again ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... 16 cents, or 1.86 per cent, to $8.74 as it reported a 39 per cent fall in first half net profit and forecast higher insurance premiums due to the recent extreme weather events. Insurance Australia Group added one cent to $3.64 after it cut its full year ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... offshore. FUA on approved platforms improved on that result since June with an increase of 2.7 per cent to $6.5 billion. And insurance growth proved a bright spot for the company with new insurance business increasing by 22 per cent, and in-force insurance ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... (AFA) has called on Federal Finance Minister Bill Shorten to consider the impact of proposed financial reforms on life insurance levels. Richard Klipin, chief executive, AFA, said research had shown that if adviser commissions were banned, consumers ...

BNP enjoys wealth lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... Asset Management, improve its position in the top five private banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, maintain its drive in insurance in India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and keep expanding the presence of the Securities Services business unit in the region," ...

Media Super switches from Pillar to Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
Media Super has appointed Mercer to handle the fund's day-to-day administrative services, transferring from its current provider Pillar. The partnership with Mercer, starting from 1 March, will allow Media Super to improve its member services with the ...