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Ex-FAI financial controller sentenced

Antony Boulden, 42, a former financial controller of the corporate and professional insurance division of FAI General Insurance Company (FAIG), was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment to be served by periodic detention. Boulden was sentenced after earlier ...

ING's OneAnswer strides past $15b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... includes detailed client segmenting and reporting. It has also been fuelled by competitive pricing, attractive and enhanced insurance and investment options and a significant investment in building online functionality. "Earlier this year we reduced ...

JUST Super spices up its insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
Industry super fund JUST Super has just announced the roll-out of insurance upgrades for all members at no added cost. The insurance upgrades include improved death and TPD cover for those aged 16-40, an increase in the maximum level of cover to $2 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... National Health Survey (NHS) of 2004-05 revealed that 15 per cent of Australian over the age of 15 had private health insurance, 47 per cent had hospital cover and 41 per cent had ancillary cover. About 62 per cent of respondents reported being in excellent ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... the consumer," said Klipin. Klipin said an important emerging issue is that while most super funds offer compulsory insurance to their members, the level of cover can often be too low to be practical. "The committee should consider setting minimum insurance ...

Superpartner looks to health care to recruit senior execs

... was previously at Medibank Private, where he was chief information officer, general manager for both Private Health Insurance Services and Organisational Development and, most recently, as general manager, Southern States. Prior to Medibank, he also ...

Westpac launches affordable bill cover

Consumers hard pressed to fork out extra cash to pay for insurance cover should consider Westpac Life Insurance's new product called 'Bill Cover', which offers as much as $600 cover to pay for bills from a low $12 premium per month. The Westpac offering ...

Report your breach online: APRA

... years. And now that superannuation trustees are being regulated to a comparable level to those from the banking and insurance industries under the RSE regime, we're starting to introduce the same processes to super." According to APRA, the form has to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... investors in Adelaide and the T3 institutional offer opens. Companies holding their annual general meeting today include Insurance Australia Group Ltd and Goodman Fielder Ltd. Coles Myer Ltd unveils first quarter sales results. On the economic front ...

Family banned by ASIC and AFSL revoked

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... revoked following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Australian Business Insurance Advisers (ABIA) was a family business operated out of Adelaide by directors and husband and wife Terence Franke and Wendy ...