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AMP trains staff on insurance services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
AMP has unveiled a new training program to boost staff expertise in life insurance - a move that is expected to help AMP better service financial planners. AMP, in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, developed ...

AMP expands Qld team for IFAs and Alliances

AMP RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AMP has appointed former ING head of sales Kevin Canning and former authorised rep for Millenium 3 Financial Services to join the group's Queensland operations. Canning joins as regional leader, business development manager, Queensland and Reece Foster ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
AMP has teamed up with New Zealand-based tech provider FNZ to improve the online functionality of its separately managed account service. The new features of the AMP Personalised Portfolio, which came into effect this week, include a real time reporting ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
AMP continues on its path away from a commission-based fee model, testing the waters by removing the in-built commissions within the AMP Growth Bond fund. It's a small step for AMP given that the fund is new but, if the strategy works, it could become ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
More than 800,000 super members under AMP's Flexible Lifetime Super can now save as much as $110,000 more for their retirement by using AMP's transition to retirement (TTR) strategy alongside the group's newly-launched Pension Refresh option. AMP has ...

Growth bond plays tax trump card

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
AMP has launched the AMP Growth Bond, a "tax paid" investment that allows investors to accumulate wealth with no lock in periods. The AMP Growth Bond is an investment or insurance bond style of where tax is paid on investment earnings within the product ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
AMP is using mortgage brokers to address Australia's under insurance problem with Loan Cover, a simple personal insurance product which requires no underwriting. Loan Cover includes up to $500,000 terminal illness and death cover and can be distributed ...

AMP gives free advice to Salvos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
AMP has teamed up with The Salvation Army to develop a pilot financial planning program for financially disadvantaged individuals in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. AMP Pro Bono Advice includes 12 self employed AMP financial advisers ...

AMP easywrite eases insurance pain

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Financial planners can cut the time it takes to apply for a lump sum insurance policy for their clients by a third, after AMP updated its underwriting service. The automated service, easywrite, allows planners or customers to complete an application ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
AMP Financial Planning has launched two new recruitment, education and placement programs, based at their new Financial Planning Academy in St Leonards, Sydney. The two programs, dubbed Horizons and Planner Pathway, are designed to take prospective ...