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Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... financial planner or to have medical tests as Australians can generally apply and be approved for cover in less than 12 minutes at a competitive price, he said. This survey however is in contrast with other industry experts' opinion that financial advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens will address a Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The RBA will release the minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers his post budget speech to Australian Business Economists on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses the Australian Institute of Company Directors. The RBA also releases the minutes of its April 2009 board meeting and interest rate decision. In company news, Aristocrat Leisure holds its annual general meeting. ...

AVG targets hacker behaviour

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... upgraded. "In the US they have this annual competition to see how fast they can hack a machine. Last year it took two minutes to hack a Mac, this year it took ten seconds," Bridwell said. "What the hacker did was place the exploit on a website so all ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up eight points at 3,378. On the economic front on Tuesday, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia March board meeting is due. The Housing Industry Association - RP Data residential land ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP). And it wasn't just the US doing the heavy lifting. The minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) February meeting - where the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to cut interest rates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... March SPI futures index was two points higher at 3,500. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board meeting, and the Melbourne Institute releases its Wages Report for the February quarter. In company ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... online underwriting system allowing advisers with their client to apply for or increase the level of group insurance within minutes through its platform. This system was developed and provided by Skandia's insurer, Tower. "Accelerate is part of Tower's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 46 points at 3,650. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases minutes of its November 4 board meeting. The Australian Office of Financial Management announces details of Treasury bond tender. ...

Mass modular advice to boost savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Australians boost their retirement savings through "mass advice", a new advice service that can be delivered in 15 to 40 minutes without falling foul of ASIC regulation. ASFA research released last year shows that more than 10 out of 16 million working ...