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Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... latest in a gamut of life insurers to adopt, or at least consider, hybrid commission structures comes from Suncorp-owned Asteron Life. Following recent announcements by Centrepoint Alliance, AMP, Fortnum, Findex and Centric Wealth, Asteron Life is reportedly ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Innovation winner was BT Financial Group's Key Person Income Insurance. Finalists were AIA's Transition to Hybrid Program, Asteron's Asteron Life Plus - On Line Health Check and Macquarie's Sponsorship of Stroke Solidarity String. Investment Bond Results ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Geoff Summerhayes. He will be responsible for leading the distribution teams at Suncorp Life through its advice business, Asteron Life and the direct insurance business. "The life industry is facing challenging conditions which require fundamental changes ...

Senior Suncorp distribution exec departs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2015
Asteron Life executive general manager of adviser distribution Jordan Hawke will leave Suncorp at the end of January. The company, which is a subsidiary of Suncorp Group, said the senior sales exec intends to take the year off to travel with his family. ...

Asteron ends business relations with 134 rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has stopped distributing its products among 134 rogue advisers last year, executive general manager Jordan Hawke confirmed. "Asteron Life identified 134 advisers last year that actively eroded significant amounts of value out of our business," ...

Asteron appoints Queensland state manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has appointed a former manager from Colonial First State as Queensland state manager. Andrew Howse starts on his new role today and will be reporting to Asteron Life executive manager Mark Vilo. Howse will be responsible for the business' ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... BT as product technical manager, life insurance. Leong was previously technical strategy manager at Suncorp subsidiary Asteron Life. Head of adviser distribution for BT's life insurance division Mitchell Sinclair said of Hannah's appointment: "To attract ...

AFA presents Excellence in Education award

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... presented at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference in Cairns today. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Asteron Life presented the award, now in its seventh year, which recognises advisers who invest in themselves, their staff, their business ...

Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...

Movers and shakers

... Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo and Sydney. CommInsure appoints head of retail underwriting CommInsure has appointed Asteron Life's executive manager of risk assessment to head the Commonwealth Bank's insurance business retail advice underwriting ...