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NIB acquires IOOF Health Fund

... business expansion strategy aimed at further increasing NIB's presence in Victoria and its share of the national health insurance market. "We have been operating in the Victorian health insurance market since 1994 and now cover over 35,000 people in ...

AMP gets $100,000 slap on the wrist from ASIC

... program in the wake of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into announcements the insurance and financial services giant made to the market between July 29 and Seotember 17 last year, ASiC said today. The community ...

Australians snub employer super while bank deposits increase: ING

... (2.3% in the March quarter of 2001). Fewer people would also choose to increase their personal superannuation or life insurance (2% in March quarter 2003 compared to 1.1% in the March quarter of 2001). The report added that there was no clear overwhelming ...

ASIC releases revised AFS licence conditions

... interests in superannuation funds (other than public offer superannuation funds), retirement savings accounts, general insurance products, deposit-taking facilities, foreign exchange and non-cash payment facilities have until March 11 2004 to meet the ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries rises, banks lead the charge

... Westpac jumped $0.35 to $15.05. Even AMP, which missed out on the upswing yesterday, was pushed higher. Shares in the insurance and financial services giant were up $0.15 to $7.52. All Ordinaries: 2847.20 (+25.00) Dow Jones: 8280.23 (+65.55) NASDAQ ...

Insurance-free insurance brokers wound up

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has appointed a liquidator to wind up the affairs of insurance brokers Blundell & Associates for operating without an Australian Financial Services licence or without professional indemnity insurance. The action ...

APRA springs to defence of insurers on indemnity costs

... The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today said that the rising premiums for professional indemnity insurance are essential to secure the prudential safety of the insurance industry, and are not the result of profiteering by insurance ...

SA adviser joins son on ASIC banned list

... down a two year ban to South Australia financial adviser Kevin Lehman for unauthorised dealing in superannuation and insurance products, one month after his son Klinton Lehman received a four year ban. "ASIC was concerned that Kevin Lehman advised and ...

ASIC issues updated tip sheet for below-par auditors

... auditing sector of the financial services industry has come under increased scrutiny since the $5 billion collapse of insurance giant HIH, and a series of huge corporate failures in the US.

Midday market wrap: Banks fight back

... jumped by over 10 per cent to $7.23, Earlier in the week the stock was trading below $6.00. A wave of buying interest in insurance stocks in London was largely responsible for the sharp gains. Strong, although slightly more modest, gains were recorded ...