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Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Asset Management plans to have as much as a 25 per cent allocation within its alternatives growth portfolio devoted to insurance-related investments, and backs the strategy with a $50 million seed investment into a newly-launched catastrophe insurance ...

Planners fast track insurance processing through web

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Straight through processing (STP) technology continues to assist financial planners with their insurance applications, new insurer data shows. CommInsure, which recently won the 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award at the 2010 Australia and New ...

Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... 3. Best Advertising Campaign of the Year (Consumer Division) * AXA North Guarantee TVC - AXA North * MLC Time to talk Insurance Campaign - MLC * AXA North television, print and online campaign - AXA * Bell Direct - Price check campaign - Bell Direct ...

Cyclists raise $85k for Future2 charity

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... of the Australian financial planning profession, which supports the financially under-privileged. Sponsorship from BT Insurance, Matrix Planning Solutions and Telstra and Colonial First State accounted for over half the proceeds. The remaining $40,000 ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... nightmare on Wall Street. But wait, it wasn't Jason, nor was it Freddie - it was the US initial "weekly" unemployment insurance claims that scared the bejeesus out of investors last night. You'll be crapping yourself, too, when you read headlines like ...

AUSCOAL goes live on Bluedoor

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... correspondence and account history, and management of their investment options and switches. In addition, they can manage their insurance and beneficiaries, roll-over money into the fund and update their personal details. AUSCOAL Super's large reduction ...

Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The insurance industry is hiring aggressively as distribution strategies ramp up - but the number of asset management and advice jobs continue to contract following falling employer confidence and market corrections. According to the latest Hiring Trends ...

Complaints against planners fall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... complaints against investments and financial planners in the past year, new figures show. Alison Maynard, investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman, said the number of investment disputes dropped by 50 to 809 in the year to June. Investment ...

ANZ drops ING brand for OnePath

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
ING's brand will be phased out as ANZ renames ING's specialist funds management and life insurances businesses in Australia and New Zealand as OnePath. Products and services under the acquired ING Australia business will come under the OnePath brand. ...