http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:05:06 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story0 INSURANCE COVER for child seats and baby capsules has brought some more innovation to motor vehicle insurance with the launch of Coles Car Insurance this week. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:04:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story1 WESFARMERS INSURANCE says it is entering the personal insurance market starting with its new Coles Car Insurance because the personal motor insurance market is dominated by two companies in Australia. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:03:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story2 THERE WILL BE hope in Australia that the next news from Insurance Australia Group will be brighter than the gloom that CEO Mike Wilkins spread when he revealed this week that net profit will be halved for the IAG financial year. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story3 MORE AGGRESSIVE marketing might come from IAG and all of its subsidiaries in the next financial year following the hits that the company has taken particularly in the investment market. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:01:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story4 CHANGES HAVE been wrought in IAGs operational high command with new generals to assume command posts in New Zealand, the UK and with The Buzz, the direct marketing motor insurance division. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story5 THE AWARD winning motor and home insurer Budget Direct has taken legal action against a former employee to stop him divulging company secrets to the rival insurance group Suncorp. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story6 WILLIS GROUP chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri is pleased with his global groups progress with a US$2 million (about A$2.3 million) lift in net income in the second quarter of this year. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:58:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story7 THE ECONOMIC environment has extracted its pound of flesh on the international broking house Arthur J Gallagher over the first 6 months of 2010. The company has reported a $7.8 million drop in second quarter earnings and a $3.7 million decline during the first 6 months of the year compared with the first half of 2009. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:57:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story8 THE ROYAL COMMISSION into Victorias bushfires of 2009 that caused 173 deaths and more than $1 billion in insured loss will hand its final report to Victorias Governor David de Kretser around noon tomorrow Saturday July 31. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:56:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story9 THE STATE of Victoria has cleaned up more than 3000 bushfire properties at no cost to residents, the Premier John Brumby has told Victorians in prefacing the Royal Commission report into the Black Saturday bushfires that will be released tomorrow July 31. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:55:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story10 AXE GROUP, a software group that has been assisting Australian insurers for 13 years, has honed its services by appointing marketing director Carolyn Henley in Sydney. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:54:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story11 FITCH RATINGS sees some hope for the global financial sector in what is happening in Europe. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:53:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story12 ZURICH AUSTRALIA has taken an altruistic route to the main highway in motor fleet business by revving up its driver safety campaign Australian and New Zealand Fleet Forum - this week. Zuric editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:52:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story13 FINANCIAL SERVICES industry salaries are expected to grow for the remainder of 2010. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:51:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story14 EMPLOYERS HAVE done very little to improve key workplace issues during the past decade, according to a new book published by Leadership Management Australia. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:50:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story15 CHINAS ONLY state owned reinsurance group, China Reinsurance Corporation and its subsidiaries, China Property and Casualty Reinsurance Company Ltd and China Life Reinsurance Company Ltd have been A rated by A M Best. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story16 THE TOA Reinsurance Company is well placed to compete in the increasingly competitive Asian reinsurance market, says ratings agency A M Best. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:06 +0000 http://www.insurancenewsaustralia.com/news/index.php3#story17 SWEDISH INSURANCE group Skandia has demonstrated its financial resilience through the past two years of market turbulence, according to ratings agency A M Best. editor@insurancenewsaustralia.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:47:06 +0000