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Elders sells 51pc FP stake to Millenium3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... through the Elders network." Elders chief executive Malcolm Jackman said the joint venture with M3, like the Elders insurance joint venture, typified the company's new approach to financial services distribution. "We have moved from a focus on ownership ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Australia yesterday, Trowbridge said super funds, particularly industry funds, are causing "indigestion" within the insurance market. "The larger industry funds are already generating a form of indigestion within the life insurance industry," he said. ...

Tower to upgrade Accelerate platform

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Fresh from winning a $600 million insurance mandate from AustralianSuper, Tower is now improving its retail insurance offering with the October launch of its new Accelerated Protection platform. Tower is expected to unveil a revamped insurance product ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... Suncorp, he held several senior executive roles in the Commonwealth Bank, including group executive, investment and insurance services. Mulcahy has also headed Lend Lease Property Investment as chief executive, and played a similar role in Civil and ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... has introduced a new feature to its online underwriting platform Riskfirst that will help people who are applying for insurance cover file their "personal statement" online. The new facility, called Riskfirst mylink, will allow people who are applying ...

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance. The $1.1 billion industry fund will increase each unit of standard cover ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

... impact of intra-fund advice on advisers and consumers; the fallout from the lack of affordable Professional Indemnity insurance and, of course, the Ripoll Inquiry and its likely effect on advisers, licensees and product manufacturers. "Advisers who are ...

MLC wins Sisters of Mercy mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
The Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed MLC Group Insurance as its new insurer. The scheme, which had $372 million at the end of June last year, will see MLC provide upgrades to benefits and cover for members. "When we put our ...

Mercer Super Trust improves online tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... being modern technology users and this has extended to financial services through online banking, share trading, general insurance and health insurance. By contrast, many Australians still receive information about their superannuation when their annual ...