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Industry dealing well with underinsurance: CommInsure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The local insurance industry is doing a 'good' or 'exceptional' job of addressing the issue of underinsurance, according to around 50 per cent of CommInsure's largest life risk insurance clients. The survey covered CommInsure's top 43 group risk clients ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose to a record high as broker upgrades sparked buying of China mobile and Ping An Insurance. The Hang Seng Index added 202 points to 22,809.02. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks inched higher, following a strong offshore lead. ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... head of distribution, BT Wrap and Wealth Solutions. "With an extensive, 20 year career in financial services spaning insurance, lending, financial planning and sales, Neil's appointment reinforces the group's long-term commitment to the South Australian ...

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S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
Standard & Poor's has downgraded Australian Unity General Insurance's (AUGI) BBB rating, placing it on credit watch 'with negative implications', following its acquisition by Calliden last week. The S&P report cited Calliden's unrated nature, relative ...

Sg CPF increases min member limits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... Australian superannuation funds only provide retirement benefits notwithstanding their expansion into extra services such as insurance, including health insurance for some funds, and providing discount home mortgages means Australian super funds are ...

ING rated best group risk provider

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... industry funds, master trust providers and corporates, who collectively account for more than $700 million in annual group insurance premiums. Ranking the country's top 10 life insurers, ING Group Risk placed in the top quartile for key measures including ...

NAB Financial Planning appoints new GM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... experience at MLC, and headed up wealth management at Bank of New Zealand. He has also established and operated start-up life insurance and funds management businesses in Asia. In his previous role, he was instrumental in cross-selling MLC finance and ...

Member TFNs now law but problems persist

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... are "about to create a monumental blunder" because the legislation fails to consider how standalone super fund based insurance will be impacted. "It seems that those who drafted these requirements do not know that [billions of dollars] of protection ...

AXA sidesteps ETP tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... nature of the payment, not the source. As a result, AXA has changed its product to allow beneficiaries of group life insurance payments a way around the top marginal tax rate on benefits received after 1 July. AXA's general manager of financial protection ...