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Tower appoints BDM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... platform risk within its Group Risk Division. In this newly-created position, Brown will provide specialist personal insurance and distribution support to Tower's wholesale insurance clients, licensees and their advisers. Brown has a strong appreciation ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... QIEC Super improved its financial planning service, added seven more investment choice options and extended its member insurance to remain competitive. From January, the super fund is providing personal financial advice through Queensland Teachers Credit ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Insurance and super will soon be explained to high school students via a new government and ASIC-led financial literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments ...

Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... undischarged bankrupt status while acting as an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning and AMP General Insurance Distribution. Although Blinco represented AMP Financial Planning, ASIC said that neither the company nor AMP General Insurance ...

Australian Child Care revamps super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Bali trip promotions, a new administrator and upgraded insurance cover - 2008 has been a busy year for the Australian Child Care Super Fund as it overhauls its overall fund structure. Throughout this year, the little publicised $62 million fund had ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Skandia enhanced its platform to include online straight through processing (STP) group insurance, allowing advisers to easily and accurately provide the service without lots of paperwork. The system's STP tool allows advisers to track the status of ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... at encouraging Australians to understand the risks they face in life and become more engaged in decisions about life insurance." he said. The finalists were Marc Benscher from Colonial First State Global Asset Management in the investments category ...

Spring facelift to Zurich life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... the application process, improving trauma definitions and smoothing the claims process of its life risk products. The insurance firm is targeting women and individuals who experience a period away from employment - such as maternity leave, sabbatical ...

Grove and Counterpoint seal $11bn merger

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... handful of large institutions, several dealer groups and 'mezzanine institutions' such as councils, universities and small insurance companies. Ibbetson said that following the global financial crisis, they are looking to advice their clients to buy ...

Northward wins Golden Calf

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Capital has been awarded The Citi Golden Calf Award for the best emerging fund manager. The firm was set up by former Insurance Australia Group (IAG) co-heads of equities, Darren Thompson and Simon Rutherfurd in November last year. The Northward Australian ...