Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 6361 - 6370 of 7051 results for "Insurance"

CGT overshadows Simpler Super benefits: Centric

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... could make it a very tax heavy death benefit," she said. Taxation of group life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance outside of super was another issue. While such policies, taken out by employers on the employee's behalf, are currently ...

LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

... under the new membership model, each member can pick and choose which modules they want, from valuation, settlements, insurance to origination. "The option to licence the intellectual property that's required by the business can reduce the cost of participation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) for March also is due this morning. On the corporate front, QBE Insurance Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting, while the Bank of Queensland releases its half year results. Rural Press will ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AIG Life has beefed up the benefits and improved pricing in an overhaul of its Priority Protection insurance range in response to demand from advisers keen to write more insurance business. The changes come into effect on 2 April and include a range ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... grew faster than previously thought at the end of 2006 and that fewer people than expected filed for state unemployment insurance for the first time last week. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 48.39 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 12,348.75. The ...

AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
AXA Australia has taken out the Platinum Award for Life Insurance Company of the Year at the inaugural Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) and Plan For Life Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The award capped ...

Big is better, but not best

... funds in three out of five years. Member fees were also lower among mega funds relative to the number of features and insurance cover they provide compared to their smaller counterparts. However, Dunnin stressed that scale is not the end game. "Scale ...

Super funds hunting grounds for criminals

... savings placed in super funds become tax-free after the member turns 60. "It used to be banks, government bodies and insurance companies - now you can add super funds to that list," Morris said. One case study that has alarmed Morris details a drug syndicate ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Confirming the importance of insurance for super funds and also the prime weakness of group insurance, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is appealing for fund members to nominate binding beneficiaries. In response to rising trustee ...

Westscheme stays with TOWER for life

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Industry fund Westscheme Superannuation Fund has reappointed TOWER Australia as the fund's group life insurance provider for its 178,000 member base. TOWER Australia has been Westscheme's insurance provider for nine years, and Jim Minto, TOWER Australia ...