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De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Only a couple of weeks ago the US triad - US Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - were stressing over how best to release the result of the stress test they issued to 19 of their banks. They found a way. Back ...

ING hires two distribution managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... Bank. Kevin Goss, head of life risk sales at ING Australia, said the firm has experienced "phenomenal growth" in life insurance sales recently. "The current market volatility combined with tragedies such as the Victorian bushfires has highlighted the ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... move to a fee for advice model by around 2012 distracts the market from bigger issues such as wealth protection and insurance. Klipin's concerned that banning commissions could make comprehensive financial advice unaffordable for some consumers. "In ...

Media Super pushes into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... starting to feed money back into Australian equities, searching for a chief investment officer and finalising a new group insurance contract. Fresh from the merger between PRINT SUPER and JUST SUPER, Ross Martin, chief executive at Media Super, said ...

Advisers eye annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... annuities as a strategy for their clients' rollover dollars, new research shows. A new Cerulli report on annuities and insurance shows that 20 per cent of registered investment advisers (RIAs) would consider using immediate annuities for a portion of ...

Aon welcomes insurance transfers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
The $1.6 billion Aon Master Trust is ramping up its insurance initiatives when it recently offered its existing members insurance transfers with no health evidence required. Aon announced it is offering its existing members the chance to transfer their ...

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the insurance industry's online life insurance awareness campaign, Lifewise, has received overwhelming support. The Lifewise campaign centers around the program's website - www.lifewise.org.au ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, has called for trauma insurance to be included in superannuation. Currently, life insurance policies such as death and total and permanent disability (TPD) are allowable ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... the continuing entity has at least five members and to mergers involving the complying superannuation business of life insurance companies. To reduce compliance costs, the measure will now permit superannuation entities in a net capital loss position ...

Shareholder claims hike D&O costs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Financial services companies face higher directors and officers (D&O) insurance costs as the number of securities class actions rise, another unwanted outcome of the credit crisis where more shareholders sue failed companies. At a time when many financial ...