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Super SA upgrades to insure those working longer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
South Australian public sector super fund Super SA has announced insurance upgrades for all members in its Triple S fund, effective immediately. The insurance upgrades include extending the death and TPD cover from 60 to 65 years old and for those members ...

HBOS expands with Whittaker Macnaught purchase

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, has acquired independently owned Queensland financial planning group Whittaker Macnaught. The acquisition takes St Andrew's funds under management to almost $2 billion with its team of ...

PMI boosts sales team

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
PMI Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has appointed a new head of sales, responsible for developing and implementing operating plans to generate new business while maximising existing customer relationships. Tony MacRae brings with him over 18 years experience ...

Aon appoints new CEO

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... will bring the same intellect, commitment and passion to the role of CEO as he has to his current role." Aon offers insurance and reinsurance, risk management consulting, financial planning, and employee compensation and benefits consulting solutions ...

ASIC pleased with insurance industry

... they are providing customers with better access to information about the costs of rebuilding. The report, Making Home Insurance Better, was prompted by the 2003 Canberra bushfires where on average the 488 homes lost were underinsured by 27 to 40 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... jobs since mid-2005. Within Sydney there has been a loss of in excess of 16,000 manufacturing jobs, 12,600 finance and insurance positions and 7000 hospitality places. The report notes that when the official cash rate last hit 5.75 per cent in February ...

Cbus members snap up increase in cover

Industry fund Cbus' strategy of ramping up the insurance cover of members is proving to be a big hit with more than 99 per cent of eligible members saying yes to the initiative. In November last year Cbus kicked off a campaign of providing members with ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... per cent for which the latest data is available. When the national figure is calculated excluding housing, finance and insurance services there was a quarterly decline of 0.3 per cent although on the annual basis the figure is still a concerning 3.6 ...

Zurich expands super and allocated pension menus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... styles. Adding these six new options encompasses this need at a competitive price with the additional benefits of optional insurance cover, estate management and flexible contributions, depending on the fund used," he added. With the new investment options ...

Goldman Sachs to buy insurer USI for $1.8bn

The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs & Co has made a play for USI Holdings, the tenth largest insurance broker in the US, in a merger deal worth just under $1.8 billion (US$1.4 billion). Under the proposed merger, USI shareholders will each receive ...