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BT Insurance names head of life

BT Financial Group has appointed Phil Hay, formerly of MLC, as Head of Life Insurance, and promoted Sandra Hill to Head of Customer Relations and Operations. The appointments were the first leadership appointments to be made since Mark Smith was named ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

Annuity and insurance heavyweights took centre stage at the Plan For Life / AFA Life Company of the Year 2007 Awards held in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure won the two top accolades, 2007 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award and the 2007 Annuity Provider ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Wage costs increased 4.3 per cent last year, matching the rise in GDP but significantly exceeding inflation, highlighting that controlling wages is a major key to putting a lid on inflation. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) inflation ...

UBS Aus equities will deliver: Shields

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... team in July last year. Fitzgerald has more than 14 years experience as an equity analyst and was previously a senior insurance analyst at JPMorgan. In this role, Fitzgerald will manage the financial services division of the team. Bendiech joins the ...

Diversity pays in wealth management: CBA

... management business, which consists of the managed funds arm Colonial First State (CFS), CFS Global Asset Management and insurance group CommInsure, continued to attract fund inflows despite the market rout. Total funds under administration rose 24 per ...

AMP posts 47pc growth in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... is not immune to investment market volatility, the company's transformation in recent years from a traditional life insurance company to a modern wealth management business means we are placed to withstand these conditions," said Dunn. AMP Financial ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Lakeside Consultants subsidiary Charity Life and Tower Australia have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy that enables the member to donate to charity at no extra cost. Launched in December last year, Charity Life provides a straight term ...

Under Aviva's umbrella

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... Aviva's National Business Super product, which was ranked AAA by Selecting Super, automatically receive a minimum level of insurance cover regardless of medical history. The product managed to clinch the support of advisers and employers because it helped ...

Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Manchester Unity and MetLife Insurance have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy, Simple Life, which includes up to $1 million in death and terminal illness cover. Designed exclusively for Manchester Unity members, Simple Life, includes ...

Navigator funds up 53pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... educated that, instead of panicking, many are seeing it as a buying opportunity." Aviva Australia's total sales across its insurance and platform business increased 49 per cent to $5.2 billion and Aviva plc worldwide sales increased by 25 per cent to ...