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QBE expects Hurricane Charley claims within allowance

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
... well within the substantial allowance for large losses and catastrophies in its insurance liabilities held at 30 June. The death toll for the worst hurricane to hit Florida in the past 12 years has climbed to 16 with more than one million people in the ...

AFA launches estate planning programme

... conjunction with the Australian College of Financial Services. AFA president Robin Yates said many Australians did not plan for death and its impact on loved ones and the programme would ensure advisers were able to provide clients comprehensive and ...

AXA claims Australians are underinsured

... per cent of that required. Taking into account the value of superannuation, the research said the average Australian has death cover 30% of that required. The disability income insurance cover is estimated at 27% of that required. The estimates were ...

Up-front commissions offer advisors competitive beneftis: Macquarie

... Improvements to Macquarie Adviser Services superannuation insurance cover will give advisers an up-front commission for Death and Total and Permanent Disability cover. Neil Roderick, head of Macquarie adviser services, said the system made it possible ...

ABS releases population statistics for Australia

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today that Australia's estimated resident population at June 2002 of 19.7 million people is projected to grow to between 23 million and 31.4 million in 2051, and to between 18.9 million and 37.7 million ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
US shares bounced back overnight on news of the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons and a series of solid earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 61.8 points (0.7%) to 9,158.5, while the S&P 500 gained 9.3 points (1.0%) to end at 988.1. ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... exchange markets, sterling pared back earlier losses following news the British government had appointed an inquiry into the death of scientist David Kelly. At $1.5905, sterling is down almost 6% in the past month. The US dollar also lost momentum against ...

ACA statement draws fire from AFA

... with both parents working are not concerned about the need for life insurance to cover survivors in the event of a sudden death of one of them," said an angry Robin Yates, President of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). "This is one of the ...

Australia has a highly mobile population: ABS survey reveals

Australia has a remarkably mobile population, with 42 per cent - or 6.8 million people - changing their place of residence between the years 1996 to 2001, the 14th national ABS Census of Population and Housing has revealed. The census results, released ...

Morning market wrap: US shares slump, bomb hits Philippines

Paul Cully Market sentiment was dealt a double blow early on Tuesday with US shares dropping sharply on doubts about consumer confidence, while a terrorist bomb attack on a southern Philippines airport this morning reportedly causing 19 deaths. Both ...