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Vanuatu Risk and Premium Funding is an economic catalyst

This new service is an economic catalyst, particularly for Vanuatu’s small businesses, and will build business resilience in the face of Vanuatu’s exposure to natural disasters and other risks.  

The new insurance payment service changes the local insurance landscape by providing consumers with more options for compliance with the Vanuatu Insurance Act (VIA). By law, the Vanuatu Insurance Act (VIA) states “premiums must be paid in full by the client to the Insurer or Intermediary within 30 days of Inception or Renewal unless a premium instalment arrangement has been made”.  

ANZ launches first Pacific-wide mobile banking app

ANZ Regional Executive for Pacific, Tessa Price, said: “As smartphone usage increases across the region, more of our customers are embracing digital banking.

“We are pleased to be the first major bank in the Pacific to introduce a mobile banking app for customers, so they can manage their money on the go.

“Providing our customers with a secure mobile banking app that gives them access to their money, no matter where they are, is part of our commitment to make banking easier and more convenient.”

Nations unite for Rugby League World Cup 2017 launch

Tournament CEO Andrew Hill, chairman Dr George Peponis, OAM, and Queensland Minister for Education and Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Commonwealth Games, Kate Jones, were on hand to launch the 28-game series that culminates with the final in Brisbane on Saturday, December 2.

The 15th Rugby League World Cup, which was first played in France in 1954, will kick-off in Melbourne on Friday night with the clash of century-old rivals, England and Australia, coached by iconic Queensland league figures Wayne Bennett and Mal Meninga.

Breastfeeding association about to be launched in Vanuatu

The co-founder of the association, Alison Harris said one of its main goals was to promote the health benefits of breastfeeding.

Mrs Harris said she also intended to negotiate with businesses to provide a breastfeeding space on their premises for employees.

She said the association would also visit shops to make sure infant formulas being sold are not expired

 

 

Photo file WorldNomads.com.Caption: A Vanuatu mother with her baby 

     

Kanye West wows NY crowd with new album

It was an emotional moment for West and his family as his brother-in-law, Lamar Odom, strode to a seat. It was the first time Odom had attended a public event since he was hospitalised in critical condition in Las Vegas in October 2015 after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel with cocaine in his system.