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AMP shares soar as Mohl details demerger plan

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... and the recapitalisation of the UK business if AMP had been able to sell its National Provident Institution (NPI) life insurance business in Britain. NPI, which was closed to new business in June, could have generated a "significant amount of cash" for ...

Consumer watchdog signals two-year ban on genetic testing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Australia's consumer watchdog today indicated it would approve a two-year ban on life insurance companies asking clients to have genetic testing. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it wanted to give insurers and the government ...

Macquarie spends $40 million in South Korea

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... legislation, and is expected to be completed in early 2006. Macquarie said KRIF, whose investors are mainly large Korean insurance companies and pension funds, had now raised $465 million to date, "and is seeking to increase total commitments before ...

Low rainfall sparks hopes of high insurance earnings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... expected earnings in the coming year. Analysts at UBS have upgraded their earnings estimates for Promina Group Ltd, Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) and QBE Insurance Group Ltd, saying that the low rainfall has kept a lid on motor vehicle accident ...

Interest rates steady but rise on the way: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... they have previously indicated is around 5.5 per cent," he said. The reason to keep interest rates accommodative as insurance against a soggy global economy was abating as the United States economy moved into forward gear, he said. But Mr Honan warned ...

AMP shares up on hopes of reinsurance sale

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... along with the Australian financial services division. AMP's remaining operations, largely made up of its British life insurance and financial services businesses, are being spun off and renamed Henderson. At the time, AMP said the demerger plan did ...

S&P affirms A-minus rating on Medicare Insurance

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
... Poor's said today that it affirmed its A-minus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Medical Insurance Society Ltd (MIS). The outlook is stable. The ratings on MIS reflect its position as a core operating subsidiary and nonlife ...

Corporate fund earns top rating

... employers and members, low fees, solutions for defined contribution and defined benefit plans as well as customised insurance options. "The rating also reflects Susuper's dedication to giving control to members through superior education and advisory ...

Kiwi industry profits up 42 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... enterprise survey, covering the year to September 2002, that the most profitable industry remained the financial and insurance sector with an operating surplus of almost $12 billion. The comprehensive survey covers the financial performance of industries ...

STOPS Fund to transfer to CARE Super

... transfer, the 2,400 STOPS members will have access to a wider range of services including ten investment choices, a flexible insurance package, free financial planning seminars, banking products and support services. CARE Super's chief executive officer ...