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FOS insurance ombudsman resigns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is close to naming a new general insurance ombudsman after Sam Parrino resigned from the service. Parrino was named ombudsman - general insurance when FOS in July last year. Prior to joining FOS, Parrino worked ...

RetireInvest hires national risk manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
RetireInvest recently appointed Col Fullagar as national manager, risk insurance. Fullagar has over 25 years experience and help grow RetireInvest's risk capability, which has seen production double since last year. Fullagar brings with him experience ...

ING OneAnswer taps online insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
ING Australia's OneAnswer superannuation offering now provides a new online life insurance application and case management capability. This technology upgrade allows advisers to write and manage group life insurance applications for their OneAnswer ...

Gen insurance posts 61pc fall in NPAT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
APRA-regulated general insurance companies suffered a total 61 per cent drop in net profit after tax to $2.1 billion due to higher claim costs and lower interest rates last year although the industry's total assets rose 0.7 per cent to $92.7 billion ...

Lifewise website nets 8,500 hits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
Insurance awareness website, Lifewise, attracted around 8,500 unique visits in three months. The industry-wide insurance campaign, which is designed to inform Australians about how to protect themselves from financial loss as a result of an accident ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... from Sydney and Melbourne - the key markets of the division. According to Melville, planning firms who focus on life insurance in particular have been on a better boat and are more willing to buy as their bottom lines were less affected by the plunge ...

Zurich names new global head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... managing our assets to effectively match our liabilities illustrates his in-depth understanding of the complexities of the insurance business." Current chief executive, James Schiro, retires at the end of the year after taking on the chief executive ...

AMP service speeds up underwriting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... quickly," Gordon said. "Having access to people's medical records is a crucial step in the underwriting process for life insurance and, for a long time, the process has been time consuming and costly." As part of the underwriting process, a Personal ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... super funds can answer basic questions such as switching between investment options, voluntary contributions and life insurance within super without going through a cumbersome compliance checklist. But Matthew Lock, managing director of planning software ...

Decimal targets super intra-fund advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... such as salary, age and home address is already pre-populated. This means the member can instantly investigate income insurance, transition to retirement strategies and co-contributing to the fund. The technology allows members to save their progress ...