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Too much insurance erodes savings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... your savings take a hit. There are often insurance policies for death and total permanent disability, but because the premiums come straight out of your balance it's easy not to notice you're paying them. "Sometimes the amount you're insured for is quite ...

Guardian launches wrap platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... approximately 150 financial advisers with more than $1.4 billion in funds under advice and $100 million of in-force life risk premiums.

Northern Trust wins $1.8bn custody mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... US through Lloyd's syndicates and Beazley Insurance Company. Last year, the insurance firm underwrote gross insurance premiums of $1.8 billion. Richard Kelley, financial controller at Beazley, said the firm appointed Northern Trust after a review to ...

ACSRF boosts insurance for members

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... 1 July, the fund's death and total and permanent disablement cover will now be extended for members until age 70, and premiums decreased for personal members with insurance cover. There will also be increases in age-based death and TPD unit values, ranging ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... for the five months to March this year. The firm said introducing a default income protection would increase inforce premiums by $60 million by May. While AustralianSuper forms a key part of TOWER Australia's strategy, the results noted the insurance ...

Ipac buys stake in risk firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... Australian Financial Risk Management (AFRM), a business with more than 2,000 in-force policies representing $10 million in premiums. This deal represents the first time ipac has bought an equity stake in a risk-only practice. Established in 1997, AFRM ...

Discounted life cover at Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... manager Jordan Hawke. "By combining this option with our bundling discounts, customers can save up to 35 per cent on their premiums." To be eligible for the discount, new or existing customers are required to meet a set of health and other risk criteria. ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... period for total and permanent disablement claims will be halved. Members are expected to save $48 million a year in premiums and those with "fixed cover" now get a premium cost discount of between 7 - 25 per cent. "We have been able to harness the benefit ...

Aviva boost MLC and NAB Wealth numbers

NAB RESULTS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... in October last year. Excluding Aviva, underlying FUM growth was still more than 30 per cent. Average annual inforce premiums also increased by 30.1 per cent, including Aviva's contribution, and the group's NAB Financial Planning advisers received a ...

MLC launches high income protection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... in some instances but could be up to 12 months, depending on the applicant. Applicants can either pay stepped or level premiums or a combination of both. The new offering comes at a time when Australia's population of high net worth individuals (people ...