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AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

MLC announces free insurance upgrades

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
MLC has announced a number of enhancements to its Personal Protection Portfolio (PPP) insurance package at no extra cost to new or existing clients. The insurance upgrades are effective immediately and extend to a range of PPP Critical Illness policies. ...

HIP in the spirit of giving out member benefits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... Industry Plan (HIP) has unveiled a range of improved member benefits to see in the new year. After going to tender on its insurance partnership, HIP eventually renegotiated an insurance deal with ING that translated to a 15 per cent increase in death ...

HESTA cranks up insurance for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Health Employees Superannuation Trust of Australia (HESTA) has announced it is rolling out sweeping insurance improvements to its 550,000 members. The improvements include more cover for those in the 40-55 age group, better and cheaper coverage ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... there has resulted in a 0.9 per cent increase in September quarter wages and salaries at a time when the costs of health insurance, which is often borne by employers in the US, have risen by 1.1 per cent. Although these cost increases feed into national ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified the former Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL) chief financial officer for his role in deliberately overstating the company's financial position. John Stanbridge was chief ...

Not on our watch: ASIC

... survey, enforcement proceedings against a record 352 people or companies, high profile investigations including HIH Insurance, the NAB currency traders, Westpoint, One.Tel, James Hardie, Offset Alpine Printing and Sons of Gwalia and numerous litigation ...

PIS' Edmondson wins 2006 AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
... practices refer risk clients to the business. Aside from running a successful practice, Edmondson has developed his own insurance software packages designed to assist other planners in servicing the "mum and dad" risk market as well as the business insurance ...

ING Australia disappoints

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... for an acquisition, as is our partner. The problem is, there's nothing to buy. We don't have a big interest in general insurance. We're mainly associated with banking. We are very interested in life insurance and in wealth administration. But the truth ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... big mover in early trade, up 47 cents to $77.52 at 1200 AEST, and Woodside Petroleum was up 18 cents to $37.85. QBE Insurance gained 39 cents to $24.59, Macquarie Bank was 40 cents stronger at $74.60 and AMP was also solid, having lifted seven cents ...