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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... at 2,957.14. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second exchange lost 0.7 per cent to 1,302.65. Shares in medical instrument makers and wine companies led gains while coal miners and financials weakened. South Korea's Kospi extended losses ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... GFC. US economic conditions are improving enough that even Jobs came out of sick bay. Yes, Steve Jobs took leave from his medical leave to introduce iPad2 yesterday. And why not? US personal income has risen to all time highs to about US$13 trillion ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... well being questions will increase customer eligibility for a 10 per cent discount off their premiums with no additional medical testing required. "We believe this will make administration easier for advisers by cutting time spent on the application ...

Telstra Super upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... benefit and waiting periods to suit their needs. Additionally, certain events will no longer require the need to provide medical evidence, although any changes to a relationship status will need to be supported by registration processes. This is the ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... flexibility for insurance inside and outside superannuation, interim sickness immediate cover and access to an in-house chief medical officer. Additionally, a teleclaims' service facilitates a claims assessment over the phone without forms and signatures. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... billion. Beckman Coulter Inc soared nine per cent. The tool maker Danaher Corp said it plans to buy the manufacturer of medical diagnostic tests for $US5.8 billion ($A5.74 billion). AOL Inc dropped one per cent after saying it would buy the Huffington ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
Jobs is leaving the building. Steve Jobs that is. Apple's CEO and the man voted CEO of the Year is taking a medical leave of absence. The news sent shares in the company falling. Because Jobs is Apple and Apple is Jobs. The world would not be with iPods ...

Macq Life signs the Teachers Health Fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... first in Australia to delink TPD claim eligibility from occupation, choosing instead to base the definitions on objective medical conditions and creating a tiering severity system. Macquarie said the flexible structure of Macquarie Life Active makes ...

Telstra Super raises insurance cover

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Personal Plus members have received age-based Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD) cover for 92 cents per week with no medical information required. The fund's decision is the second this year after offering a free increase 'death cover' and is part of ...

Faster and easier insurance: Asteron

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Asteron has axed mandatory personal medical attendant's reports (PMARs) for all types of cover across all products, making insurance easier to access for advisers and clients. Asteron has also increased non-medical and financial underwriting requirements ...