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Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes ...

AMP Flexible Super records $1bn in FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... features, so customers only pay for what they use, including low cost investment options. Members can also tap two personal insurance offers - basic and comprehensive - to cater for their different needs.

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Clark, Policy Executive, Stockers Association of Australia Anne-Marie Corboy, CEO, HESTA Super Fund Linda Evans, National Insurance Brokers Association Martin Fahy, CEO, Finsia Steve Helmich, Director of Financial Planning, AMP Fiona Hooymans, Manager ...

Macq Life signs the Teachers Health Fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Macquarie Life will provide its new insurance solution, Macquarie Life Active, through a new distribution agreement with the Teachers Health Fund. This is the first time Macquarie Life Active will be distributed through a health fund, after its initial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Telstra Wholesale group managing director Paul Geason speaks at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event, and Insurance Australia Group chief executive officer and managing director, Mike Wilkins, addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... research, conducted between September 6 and October 1, 2010, concluded that client mindsets have shifted post-GFC towards insurance protection with 48.8 per cent of advisers expecting the amount of insurance written with their main risk provider over ...

AIA signs record number of corporate funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... months. Damien Green, chief executive of AIA Australia, said that the number of schemes that have contracted AIA for insurance offerings has risen dramatically. Most of the business comes from traditional employee benefit arrangements, he said. "We've ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The $500 million-plus Health Industry Plan has appointed MLC as its group insurance provider and improved its insurance benefits for members. According to a letter from chairman Anthony Wallace, MLC's appointment coincides with increases in death cover ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... its investment platform in 2011. The group will also focus on adopting model portfolios while enhancing its existing insurance and master trust offerings, following a similar style to BT Wrap.

Former RetireInvest MD moves to Centric Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... advisory firm. Centric Wealth has $4.9 billion in assets under advice (AUA) and advises on $20 million in-force risk insurance cover. It has $1.4 billion in loans under advice and other debt instruments.