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Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
New South Wales insurance broker Scot Weston has pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonest conduct. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges Weston, employed as an insurance broker by Hirtes Insurance Brokers at the time ...

IAG restructures and jumps on web

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Insurance group IAG is to merge its CGU and Business Partnerships businesses, revamp its direct insurance arm and will soon launch a separate online outfit. IAG is merging its commercial underwriting unit CGU and Business Partnerships division to create ...

LUCRF ups insurance stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Industry super fund LUCRF Super has increased its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurance - a decision that will see its members obtain more than double the cover at the same premium rates. Under a revived deal with ING Life effective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... hit in mid-March. HONG KONG - Stocks fell in volatile trade, dragged down by losses in Chinese stocks, with oil and insurance shares leading the fall. The Hang Seng ended down 1.35 per cent, or 327.12 points, at 23,984.57. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand ...

Capital guaranteed on winning streak

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Australian shares. For multi-industry super fund Sunsuper, having a mixture of capital guaranteed investments in life insurance firms including AXA, AMP and Suncorp have yielded the winning formula to the fund's 7.9 per cent returns over a one-year period. ...

SSgA appoints ex-Old Mutual exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... chief executive since January. Prior to this position, Powers was chief executive of $358.2 billion asset management, insurance and annuities business, Old Mutual US, the US division of the London based firm. Powers has also held senior management positions ...

Anderson to head CFS corporate super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... member education. He had also held a range of other roles at AMP including distribution manager for the Indian life insurance joint venture and national sales manager - wholesale, funds management. In his new role, Anderson will report to Paul Barrett ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... paid by Westpac would be put into new product development. The company is considering new product options in general insurance, health insurance and personal lending. Wakeley said he expected Virgin Money to have new product in the market this year.

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008