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NZ Commission gives AMP all clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... businesses. According to a Commerce Commission statement, the regulator considered the impact of the deal across wealth protection, retail funds management, wholesale funds management and financial planning products and services. Mark Berry, chair at ...

AMP upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... insurance applications and personal statements, further streamlining the process," said Michael Paff, director of wealth protection products at AMP. The firm's trauma policy has been redesigned to provide more flexible benefit options and choice of coverage ...

AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... has appointed Marcello Bertasso as head of underwriting and Warren Page as chief underwriter in its Personal Wealth Protection team. Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South Africa and worked for ...

Guardian appoints regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... designed to unlock the opportunities currently presenting themselves in the financial services and in particular wealth protection industry," said Browning.

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... membership should move to a fee for advice model by around 2012 distracts the market from bigger issues such as wealth protection and insurance. Klipin's concerned that banning commissions could make comprehensive financial advice unaffordable for some ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... interest benchmarks," it reported. Insurance was one of the bright lights for the year with the Contemporary Wealth Protection arm posting a 29 per cent rise in earnings to $154 million. Individual risk annual premium income rose by 17 per cent to $547 ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Condition. We also recognise that stay at home parents require insurance," said Natalie Eckersall, general manager of wealth protection products. Research indicates that the cost of outsourcing home duties, normally performed by the non-working spouse ...

Tower upgrades Accelerate and TPP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... opening up this service to more customers and advisers who choose to do business this way." "If Australia's wealth protection gap is to be closed, then life insurance need to be more readily available to the consumer and independent financial advisers ...

Hillross board siphons industry expertise

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Hillross has established a wealth management think tank to mitigate risk, create wealth protection strategies and fine tune the firm's operations in the investment space. Hilross recently unveilled its Technical Advice Board made up of industry experts ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... whole process would take mortgage brokers roughly two minutes to complete. Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, said the simple insurance product addressed Australia's under insurance problem by providing an insurance option through ...