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Green takes reigns at AIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... led considerable growth across the business, particularly over the last two years in his role as general manager of insurance." Green is upbeat about the appointment at a time when insurance, and especially group insurance, is experiencing one its most ...

Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... Australian Child Care Super Fund is introducing a new tiered fee structure to lower costs for members, and upgraded its insurance cover last month. ACCSF introduced the tiered fee structure on 1 October - a move that will see members pay a 1.337 per ...

US finance firms announce emission cuts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... Fargo. Wells Fargo is a diversified financial services company with around $1.3 trillion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments and consumer finance. Fellow financial services firm; Capital One Financial Corporation also pledged to reduce ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... investments for Credit Suisse, said "catastrophe asset management" or investments based on catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked strategies is a niche type of investing whose time has come in Australia. Overseas, it is an established market. Credit ...

Maritime Super picks AIA for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Maritime Super has selected AIA Australia as its group insurer for its 15,000 members following the merger of the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) and Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF) in March this year. Peter Robertson, chief executive at ...

Under 30s shine in Future Leaders Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... produce a paper discussing their views on one of several categories including technology, investment products, life insurance and financial planning. The papers are then judged by the country's leading practitioners in each category and the four finalists ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... releases financial aggregates data for September. In company news, Macquarie Group Ltd posts its first half results. Insurance Australia Group Ltd will provide a market update, while MAp Airports Ltd issues third quarter core portfolio results. Origin ...

SuperFriend code improves insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Health Foundation, SuperFriend, has developed a set of Code of Practice guidelines aimed at improving the management of insurance claims where mental illness is a contributing factor. Launched yesterday at the AIST Superannuation Insurance Symposium ...

HOSTPLUS scoops top marketing exec

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... marketing programs manager at HOSTPLUS in Melbourne. Sullivan has 25 years of experience in financial services marketing in insurance, banking and superannuation. He was also behind Sunsuper's highly successful Libby Lenton/Trickett branding campaign. ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... profits and capital in the life business, dropped by 37 per cent or $79 million over the year to September Across MLC's insurance business, which includes personal and group risk insurance, gross income rose by $32 million or three per cent to $1 billion. ...