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Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... lost a large part of its insurance expertise. Focusing on group insurance and pricing just exacerbates the problem. "Training across the industry is not what it was and this has lead to a dumbing down in expertise and a dumbing down in offerings as its ...

BT gets Oarsome and rows ahead of fleet

... compete at this year's World Championships with a view to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Melbournians can see him training on the Yarra River in the early mornings and after work. A five-time Olympian with three gold medals and a bronze, Tomkins ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out with more clarity. Staff training guidelines make ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... years." But Brauksiepe also said the German Government must promote employment among older workers and bring in both training incentives and employer initiatives. "We are currently in the process of putting these proposals into legislative form, thus ...

CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... "Industry guidelines, such as the ones we developed with CPA Australia, don't replace the need for SEQUAL-accredited training courses. The more education each intermediary has, the higher the quality of assistance being provided to Australian retiree ...

Super funds hunting grounds for criminals

... actively studying your systems." He recommended that super funds should at the very least give their staff fraud awareness training, which would help them spot those more likely to commit fraud in an organisation and how to respond once a fraudulent ...

Reverse mortgage standards under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
... were not surprising. "I think the message there [on the mortgage broker side] is generally that it's not surprising that training and education of brokers has room for improvement. I think the whole industry, both lenders and industry bodies, are trying ...

Bendigo banks on advice

... announcement this week, the group's chief operating officer Mike Hirst said their staff will have "ongoing, significant training" in line with their customer needs. According to a news report, this includes a retraining program for in-branch staff to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. The funding arrangement ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... With the skills crisis hitting WA particularly, 60 per cent of respondents said that the government had not addressed training issues sufficiently, this dissatisfaction has risen significantly from the 23 and 29 per cent recorded in 2002 and 2004 respectively. ...