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QBE drops PI and D&O insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
QBE Insurance Australia will no longer provide professional indemnity (PI) and directors and officers (D&O) insurance to financial planners and stockbrokers from June onwards following an internal review. In January, the Corporations Act was amended ...

Saropa launches finistic

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Australian technology firm Saropa has developed a general insurance platform, finistic, which allows financial advisers to provide insurance to clients by referring them to a website. Launched last month, clients can access finistic at no cost, via ...

Tasplan uses ant mascot as Gen Y magnet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... modules that outlines strategies to grow members' super, what types of investments are available, how to secure low cost insurance through super and tips on budgeting finances. The federal minister for superannuation and corporate law Senator Nick Sherry ...

Tower launches Accelerate

Tower Australia has launched Accelerate, an online insurance service which it claims saves advisers time and money by speeding up the underwriting process. It took two years in development and close to six months in pilot with several hundred advisers ...

Getting ethics back on track

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... business productivity. Rogers is a 33-year MDRT member and has served twice as president of the Annapolis Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

Trilogy hops on netwealth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... secured over residential, commercial and industrial real estate. The trust is currently protected by Lloyd's capital loss insurance. "[netwealth's] platform provides advisers with an additional wholesale avenue to access Trilogy's mortgage trust," said ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... program, an online self-assessment tool. The online multiple choice review program covers self-managed superannuation, life insurance and managed investments and is designed to identify where individual advisers may need to boost their knowledge base ...

TWUSUPER selects CommInsure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
The transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER has teamed up with CommInsure to enhance its insurance offering for the bulk of its members. Effective 26 April, the level of basic insurance cover available to the majority of the super fund's members ...

NAB boutique launches retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... per cent allocated to Australian equities and the option to allocate up to 10 per cent to cash. Previously named the Insurance Australia Group Asset Management (IAGAM) Research Fund, the fund was renamed Northward Capital was set up last November, a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... was higher at noon, led by energy producers such as Woodside Petroleum, after the price of crude oil rose overnight. Insurance Australia Group jumped after QBE Insurance Group revealed it had made a takeover offer for the company. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark ...