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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Dealers said Germany's unilateral overnight move to ban naked short selling in eurozone government bonds, associated insurance derivatives and 10 major financial stocks added to a sense of crisis in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's later warning ...

AvSuper appoints Hannover Life Re

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... AvSuper has appointed Hannover Life Re as its new insurer. According to a press statement from the fund, AvSuper's new insurance mandate and arrangements kick in on 1 July. Hannover Life Re's mandate includes group life insurance and income protection ...

Investors get more from Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... another win after ASIC reached an agreement to settle its actions against Glenhurst Corporation and its insurer, QBE Insurance (Australia), for $2.5 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the court. The class action was initiated against ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Macquarie Life has launched an insurance product that allows clients to make multiple claims under the same policy and provides greater flexibility on the definitions of conditions. The Macquarie Life Active enables clients to claim when circumstance ...

Govt consults on advice reforms

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... said. "There will also be consultation about whether to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration structures to risk insurance." Treasury is holding information sessions on the reform package in Sydney and Melbourne. The Future of Financial Advice website ...

AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... manager for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. In his new role, Thomas will be responsible for developing a health insurance referral program with dealer groups and financial advisers on behalf of Australian Unity Healthcare and AUI. "We see benefits ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... markets initially pared a fraction of Wednesday's gains on a mixed jobs report which showed new claims for unemployment insurance benefits fell last week for the fourth time in a row. But the report also reaffirmed the slow pace of the economic recovery. ...

New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The insurance industry could soon face a price shake-up as the Institute of Actuaries of Australia gears up to launch a new set of life tables aimed at providing price benchmarks to insurers. The institute has been collating information from major life ...

Macq Life upgrades risk products

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Macquarie Life has improved the total and permanent disability (TPD) and disability income insurance features of its FutureWise and Super Protector risk products. The firm has increased the TPD maximum sum insured to $5 million for white collar professions. ...