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VOLUME 055 - May 19 2012
INSURANCE BUSINESS
Assetinsure protects itself
ASSETINSURE IS viewing its future positively despite having an after tax drop in profit in the year that affected every insurer’s bottom line because of 2011’s disast
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Diversity and scale reaps benefits
INCREASING DIVERSITY and business scale were helping Assetinsure reap the benefit of the strategies and product initiatives that have been implemented in the 3 years since the global financial crisis.
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Small and lean – way to go
SMALL AND lean seems the way to go for Assetinsure as it emerges from the catastrophic events of 2011, keeps on specialty in professional insurances but not heavily into D&O underwriting.
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WORKERS’ COMP
GIO onlines ‘good old days’ for brokers
GIO WORKERS Compensation has updated the “good old days” for insurance brokers when workers’ comp was the class, by offering an exclusive option of applying for cover online fo
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MOTOR INSURANCE
Zurich accelerates commercial motor
ZURICH HAS pressed the power button on commercial motor insurance product for insurance brokers while a seeming myriad of direct marketing insurers fight over personal MV insurance in Australia.
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LICENSED CLUBS
Sports Underwriting goes platinum
THE MIX of expertise and convenience is a winning formula in the insurance industry as much as it is in any other profession.
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RURAL INSURANCE
Lumley Insurance reviews country
LUMLEY INSURANCE has begun a review of its Lumley Rural product but with no intention of withdrawing from rural insurance, a company spokesperson told InsuranceNewsAustrlia.com
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Also In This Issue...
OBITUARY
Guy Stening missed by colleagues
DUAL ASIA
Spadaccini to head DUAL Singapore
FIREMARKS
Suncorp donates to history
NDIS-NIIS
Suncorp has lessons to help
NSW WORKCOVER
ICA slams ‘baseless’ Greens
What the Minister said
INSURANCE TAX
NIBA continues tax attack
INSURANCE BUSINESS UK
IAG to scan UK business
INSURANCE SUMMIT
Laurie Feather praises speakers
Comments look to future economy
MARINE INSURANCE
Any broker want to ship a panda?
RATINGS
Swiss Re Corp Solutions is ‘A+’
MARKET FOCUS
Compliance confounds ‘love me tenders’
Brutal reality in tenders
LIFE FUTURE
AIA survey against a trend
