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PrefSure scores rating upgrade thanks to TOWER

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... the back of improving underlying group profitability and "a strengthening competitive position in the Australian risk insurance market." However, S&P noted that TOWER's outlook could be revised if expected earnings growth or group capitalisation are ...

Excel online or perish: KPMG

... personalised overall asset allocation. On the downside, only 36 per cent of those surveyed had online tools on life insurance, which KPMG said is a statistic that should be improved to address the country's underinsurance problems. Feyzeny noted that ...

IWL snaps up BOSS Software

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
... International and plans to integrate BOSS' technology into the VisiPlan platform. BOSS supplies analysis software to the insurance and financial planning market, including their Life Research, Risk Dimensions and Multi Dimensions software. IWL said it ...

Asgard flags plan to step ahead of competitors

... they needed to make some changes including improvements to AdviserNET and placing more focus on the group's debt and insurance products and services. On AdviserNET, Asgard Wealth Solutions' director of distribution and sales Wayne Wilson said that they ...

Telstra Super form alliance with Trust

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
Telstra Super's Financial Planning arm has appointed Trust Company of Australia Limited to offer additional advice to its members. Under the agreement Trust will offer individual personal and financial advice to Telstra Super members, including an offer ...

Amicus builds business on flat planning fee

... they get some commission from here then a dial up adviser fee there, then an entry fee, then commission on the life insurance and that's all in one account. It gets very complicated and the client finds it hard to understand," he said. Instead, he brainstormed ...

NAB rolls out in-house planner strategy

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
... quality advice. "We recognised the need to deliver higher quality advice for customers, which included covering their insurance needs," he said. The pilot follows NAB's recently launched protected loan series, which combines insurance and debt solutions ...

PMI appoints Qld senior relationship manager

PMI Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has appointed a new senior relationship manager for Queensland. Paul Legate will join the group with the task of working with lenders to consolidate and strengthen the use of PMI products among customers and to grow the ...

AFS completes buy-back from Zurich

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006
... shareholders voted for the name change at the AGM held last week. AFS has 79 offices Australia-wide and manages the insurance, superannuation and investment portfolios of over 50,000 clients.

Aon buys private insurance broker Freeman McMurrick

The insurance sector consolidation continues with Aon Australia acquiring Freeman McMurrick, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokers in the country. "We are very excited about the growth opportunities that this significant acquisition offers," ...