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Microfinance bonds attract major instos

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... expand into other wealth management products. "MFIs also now provide other financial products and services, such as insurance and deposits, as well as business training and networking opportunities, designed for the economically active poor." To fund ...

IUS partners with CUNA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Group insurance specialist IUS is partnering with the US based CUNA Mutual Group to develop more innovative insurance products for the Australian market by harnessing IUS's reach into pension funds. Phil Collins, manager of group risk for IUS Life ...

Planning business gives teachers bad advice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... properly explain the higher fees in the recommended fund, did not offer a comparison between the funds, did not include insurance details, did not contain details about the impact on potential returns of switching and contained misleading performance ...

AIG builds dream team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
AIG's plans to assemble one of the most experienced group insurance client servicing teams in Australia are almost complete with some key appointments that give it almost dream team status. Following on from their recruitment of Damien Green, ex business ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Community associations and sports clubs that group purchase insurance for members could be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. ...

ATO approves ING monthly life payouts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... Speaking of ways to address the underinsurance problem, Vilo said, "Advisers have been saying for a while that life insurance needs to be more accessible and flexible, and OneCare installments go some way to addressing that." ING is the only life insurer ...

Innovation index ranks finance and insurance second

The inaugural findings of the country's innovation index reveal the finance and insurance sector as the second most innovative industry behind to the wholesale trade sector. The index was the outcome of a joint study by IBM Australia and the Melbourne ...

Tax determination improves income protection

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... years for ill health and injury. Tax determination 2007/3 (TD 2007/3) replaces TD98/27 and allows for the extension of insurance coverage beyond two years. Previously trustees often ceased benefits after two years, even where members were unable to resume ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... Actuaries into the scale of underinsurance in mid-2005 showed only 4% of those with dependent children have adequate life insurance cover. The study also found 60 per cent of those with dependent children do not have enough cover to look after surviving ...

PIS Beijing office a world first

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... bank to offer a wealth management service. Both companies will work together to expand the local investment and life insurance markets. Speaking in Beijing, PIS chief executive officer, Robbie Bennetts, said that China's wealth management potential was ...