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Media Super hires ING as insurer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed ING Life as its new insurer for death and total and permanent disability insurance cover, and its income protection cover. The appointment follows a six-month intensive tender process. Media Super, an industry super fund with ...

Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... has risen by almost 12 per cent over two years to almost 15 per cent - reflecting a growing trend for customers to get insurance through super. Lump sum protection policy new business has grown from around 3 per cent in 2007 to 14.8 per cent at the end ...

CommInsure launches insurance WriteAway

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
CommInsure has launched WriteAway, a new straight through processing platform for risk insurance that could provide financial planners with an underwriting decision within 20 to 30 minutes. The group said that following a review of existing insurance ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... Carr. As a result, the business now provides tax and business advice. The group now also offers legal services, general insurance, mortgages and corporate advisory services. The business' financial planning business alone has more than $400 million in ...

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... funds, hedge funds and fund of funds are actively seeking non-correlated investments such catastrophe bonds and other insurance linked securities. "After the recent financial market turmoil, institutional investors are actively seeking return streams ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... crashes it experienced over two months because of the defective software. According to a statement, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said the fund had found IBM's database management software called DB2 was the cause of a series of system crashes. ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... this news coming out with the gloom and doom sentiment prevailing just six months ago? Also imagine the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's (FDIC) recent warning that 500 additional banks could shutter before the crisis is over? Six months ago, even benign ...

MLC recruits ex-UBS GAM chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... development and national sales roles. Woods will be responsible for the distribution of MLC investment, platform and insurance products and NabInvest products. "Colin's extensive experience and strongly aligned beliefs on rebates, commissions, conflicts ...

Better insurance tech from IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
CommInsure and IRESS have unveilled a new service that includes real-time insurance premium validation and the delivery of in-force policy information to the adviser desktop. The initiative will allow advisers to confirm the premium returned by IRESS' ...

Mercer to consult $2bn Motor Commission

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... its investment consulting services. Andrew Harrex and Greg Barr, principals at Mercer, will work with the consultant's insurance expert, Peter Hughes, to review the Motor Accident Commission's portfolio and design an investment strategy. Freddy Bartlett ...