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Climate change takes priority: Zurich

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Climate change should be at the top of insurers' concerns as it directly impacts product premiums and the bottom lines of insurers worldwide, according to Zurich. "Climate change should not be on page five - it needs to be on page one," said David Smith ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... has been introduced, which pays a certain amount to partially disabled clients. Term Life policy holder can now waive premiums on their policy if they become temporarily disabled and any premiums paid during the waiting period will be paid back. BT Financial ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... underwriting requirements is as important to the product recommendation process as other factors such as the cost of premiums or the contents of the policy document," said Dimovski.

Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... business posting growth in its in-force premium and new business revenues during the financial year. The insurer's inforce premiums, representing premiums on all policies that have not expired or been cancelled, rose 13 per cent to $749 million. This ...

Good news at last for AIG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... receiving a facelift with the introduction of Optimum Premium cover. The cover is a hybrid between stepped and level premiums, initially providing the low cost of a stepped premium up to a point when it changes to level premium at a certain period in ...

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... problems. "The other issue is the business activities in listed property, which had been priced at quite significant premiums. They are now priced on a negative basis," said Atchison. Linden Toll, director marketing and distribution at LMW Invest, said ...

MLC locks premium rates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... the next 12 months will also be passed on to the clients. "One of the biggest concerns for clients considering level premiums is that the rate is not guaranteed, with these changes clients can be assured of no rate increases for the next five years," ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... reinsurers and brokers, and SWIFT, collaborated to come up with a shared industry solution for transmitting data, such as premiums and claims accounting transactions, electronically. Traditionally, reinsurers tend to handle many admin transactions by ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... and water. Speaking yesterday at a Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Senator Wong said, "There are already premiums being paid for low carbon products. The International Energy Agency is also predicting $45 trillion to be spent on alternative ...

Dimensional wins $100m Aust Eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... capture the returns from the broad Australian equities market, while delivering a higher exposure to small cap and value premiums than in a market-weighted portfolio. "Owning a core portfolio reduces reliance on individual asset class strategies and ...