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Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... Insurance Association when it said the decision will force 400,000 people to abandon private health insurance, force up premiums for those left by at least 10 per cent and put even more pressure on an already stretched public health system. Clumsy radio ...

Life insurance tax should be abolished: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... state legislation to abolish stamp duty and other related taxes on life insurance products which, if passed, could reduce premiums by up to 12 per cent. Yesterday industry body IFSA, which represents members with $1.3 trillion in assets, threw its support ...

Zurich's timely insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... claims its Select Term product is created to "to provide certainty over the cost of insurance for the selected term". The premiums are level throughout the selected term with a five-year premium guarantee. The new product aims to protect clients' mortgages ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... investors about actual credit risk, and costs taxpayers billions of dollars in higher interest rates and bond insurance premiums. "It is important that we look out for the financial well-being of our contracting public employers who have been victimised ...

Coin downsizes software for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... each client's specific insurance requirements and then match that information to more than 100 different products and premiums. The insurance software is also able to produce a statement of advice and allows the adviser to either work offline, online ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... variable inflation will also make investors less certain about true bond rates, real rates of return and the level of risk premiums demanded from equities. "Because we forecast with less certainty we're likely to expect lower returns, and volatility ...

Sentiment sinks on floats

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... IPOs (36 floats) raised $10 million or less. However, in 2007 large cap floats continued to achieve significant pricing premiums of around 26 per cent over their small cap counterparts. Because they're generally viewed as more established, more diversified ...

Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... includes a 100 per cent benefit payout if the member is declared terminally ill, funeral benefits and the ability for premiums to be paid for up to six months if the member is temporarily sick or injured. John Brogden, chief executive at Manchester Unity ...

Marsupials and the money market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... not seen since mid 2004. The US differential against Euro region rates is now only 1 per cent however. With down under premiums like this it's little wonder more investment managers are now talking much more about kangaroo bonds as overseas investors ...

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... permanent ban in June that year after repeated and deliberate dishonest behaviour, including spending clients' insurance premiums on himself. Another disgraced Donald Maxwell, a promoter of illegal mezzanine fund schemes, was ordered to pay $1.122 million ...