Australia Insurance News
Amp Not Alone As It Posts 'awful Bottom Line' And Waits For Recovery To Kick In
Friday August 29, 2008
AMP, Australia's biggest provider of pension plans, said first-half profit declined 22 per cent as investors shunned managed funds and markets slumped.Premium Rises Just The Start In Rebuilding
Saturday August 23, 2008
A SERIES of rises in household and car insurance premiums should help restore profit growth at the battered Insurance Australia Group - but the full benefits are unlikely to flow through until well into next year and beyond, IAG's chief executive, Mike Wilkins said yesterday.Middle Class Priced Out Of Justice, A-g Warns
Sunday August 17, 2008
MIDDLE Australia is being excluded from the justice system by soaring court costs and a diminished legal-aid system, Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has warned.'it Does More Good Than Harm. It ... Stopped People Being Isolated'
Sunday August 17, 2008
The man who brought Big Brother to Australia is making amends by giving away millions to the arts, writes Steve Dow.Plans To Cut The 'horrendous' Cost Of Justice
Sunday August 17, 2008
MIDDLE Australia is being pushed out of the justice system by soaring court costs and a diminished legal aid system, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has warned.Global Miners Eye Riches Of The Sub-sahara
Saturday August 16, 2008
THERE'S a place where Australian miners are preparing to spend up to $US20billion to develop new projects - and no, it isn't Western Australia. It might surprise investors, but the hot new destination is sub-Saharan Africa.Surviving On The Pension
Wednesday August 13, 2008
PENSIONERS are arguably Australia's new poor.
A Federal Government pension review background paper, released this week, has highlighted some brutal facts about life on the aged pension.
For couples on $456 a week things are tough enough when rent, fuel, food and energy prices are racing well ahead of inflation. But for singles on the maximum $273 a week the situation is even worse.Reality Check For Boomers
Monday August 11, 2008
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Australia 82Japanese Insurer Pays $375m For Foothold In Tower
Saturday August 9, 2008
BIG Japanese life insurer Dai-chi Mutual has paid $375million for a key stake in Tower Australia.