AXA profit roundup
13 June 2001
Axa Asia-Pacific made an after-tax operating profit of $162 million for the six months to March 31, thanks mainly to the buoyant health insurance market…
Life Insurance
Tax loophole plugged
13 June 2001
The Federal Government has closed a loophole in the Income Tax Assessment Act that applied to dividend imputations and life insurance companies…
Who knows where their super is?
29 May 2001
Considering that the newly announced Budget will reward “self-funded retirees”, many Australians have little or no idea about what their superannuation actually does…
Super tribunal gets a budget boost
29 May 2001
The Federal Government has increased its allocation to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal…
AXISS gets more, too
29 May 2001
The Federal Treasury department set up to promote Australia as a centre for global financial services has also had its budget boosted…
Watch this space
15 May 2001
The strategic moves by giant foreign-owned insurers on the local market continues, with attention now switching to financial services…
Genetic testing: Approach with caution
15 May 2001
Genetic testing in the workplace is set to become a controversial issue in Australia, says Minter Ellison partner Dan Williams…
HIH – Government moves
15 May 2001
The HIH collapse is approaching the proportions of a national disaster and has consequently become a political football…
HIH’S party line exposed by media
15 May 2001
The Sydney media was agog yesterday at the scale of entertaining enjoyed by HIH…
Brokers defend their involvement
15 May 2001
As the buck-passing continues – with governments blaming each other, everyone except the Government and APRA blaming APRA, APRA blaming the HIH management and board…
AMP rationalises super
01 May 2001
AMP has struck a deal with global consultancy firm William M Mercer to handle its 95 stand-alone corporate superannuation clients…
Premium funders make it easier
17 April 2001
Possible legal problems surrounding HIH premiums are spilling over into the premium funding sector, although the “commercial loan” nature of the contract removes much…
Maynard takes FICS
17 April 2001
Former Insurance Enquiries & Complaints National Operations Manager Alison Maynard has been appointed CEO of the Financial Industry Complaints Service…
Hogg promises more money for brokers
17 April 2001
Industry veteran Ted Hogg has established a new business designed to enhance brokers’ returns from their insurance funds…
ING wins top quality award
03 April 2001
ING Australia funds management division has won the Australian Quality Council’s Gold Australia Business Excellence Award…
AMP does it again with CSC
03 April 2001
AMP’s British operations will have their IT infrastructure boosted with the signing of a new five-year deal with Computer Sciences Corporation…
Be proud, says disputes chief
20 March 2001
Insurance Enquiries & Complaints Chairman Peter Daly says the insurance industry must do more to spruik its achievements so consumers have greater confidence in the…
… And call IEC the Ombudsman
20 March 2001
Consumer confusion over the insurance industry’s alternative dispute resolution scheme should be addressed by changing IEC’s name to the “Insurance Ombudsman”…
Super changes expose new opportunity
13 March 2001
New superannuation arrangements have opened up big new estate-planning opportunities, according to Zurich’s Michael Harrison…
Portal draws in top companies
13 March 2001
Most of the top 200 NZ financial services providers have “partnered” to provide online access to new portal Liquid.co.nz…