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Insurer claims from storms reach $200m

... torrential rain and flooding that hit coastal NSW and the surrounding districts. Kerrie Kelly, chief executive at the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said that the estimated claims cost is around $200 million, and rising. "The number of claims and ...

Aviva bags diversity award

Savings and insurance giant Aviva won the United Nations' Global Diversity and Innovation Award for its international diversity programmes. The judges chose Aviva for its"innovative" approach to embedding diversity within the company. Two years ago ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... Shares of shipping firms and airlines fell on concern about higher fuel costs. Investors took profits in Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and other recent gainers. The Nikkei shed 73.57 points to close to 17,760.91. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks edged up 0.1 ...

Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... Perth-based colleague, business development manager Aaron Boddy, focusing on the Macquarie Cash Management Trust and Insurance products. Head of adviser distribution Jason Huddy said Thompson's background, with time at Portfolio Partners on top of his ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... The Nikkei rose 0.31 per cent as Honda Motor Co and other exporters rose following gains in US stocks. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd and its peers rose on expectations it would benefit from higher yields on government bonds. The Nikkei added 55.39 ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... part of a long campaign. "Funds management may account for as much as 40 per cent of the contribution the finance and insurance industry as a whole makes to the Australian economy, which would put its share of gross domestic product at around 3.4 per ...

BT Wrap technology in full throttle

... the paper-based forms around [using] the platform and planners can be purely online." Plus they are also working on insurance and share trading-related improvements on the sideline. "Online brokers such as Commsec and E*Trade are much more advanced in ...

Aon renews vows with AIG

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... Master Trust has signed a new three year agreement with AIG Life, extending the company's seven year partnership as group insurance partner. Aon's director of superannuation, Steve Gaffney, said working together, the two companies had reduced claims ...

Austock adds to award-winning research team

... Bounaccorsi also held previous roles with APRA, the Tasmanian Department of Treasury and Finance, Export Finance and Insurance, HSBC and NAB, while Hudson was an investment analyst with Goldman Sachs JB Were. Both Hudson and Cleeland will be based in ...

Push button payment system at fundie fingertips

... platforms. Called the Remuneration Management System (RMS), it allows product providers such as fund managers, platforms, insurance companies and lenders to manage payments made to dealer licensees, financial planners and brokers. RMS calculates adviser ...