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Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... insurance bonds or term deposits. Challenger holds about 95% of all lifetime annuities of the market, according to Plan for Life data, and it saw its annuities product line increase sales by 55% to $1.98 billion last year. Challenger chief executive ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

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MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... couple of ESG investment advocates interviewed for the report. The edition also features the award winners of the AFA/Plan for Life Awards and the new products to come out of insurance. The featured profile is Linda Elkins, executive general manager ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Protection prize in the Life Company of the Year Awards held by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. "We identify income protection as one of the most important insurance needs, this is why we are providing financial support ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... annualised new premiums and an 89% increase in net profit, which is up to $3.02 billion. According to the September 2012 Plan for Life market overview report, AIA Australia achieved 9.7% annual growth, maintaining its position as the number one group ...

Bendigo to offer Challenger annuities in new deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... Challenger's Liquid Lifetime Annuity was named by Rainmaker as 'best innovation of the year' in 2011 and awarded the AFA/Plan for Life 'income stream - innovation' award in 2010. Rommel Hacopian, general manager for key accounts and platforms at Challenger ...

One-stop admin and investment shops target SMSFs

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... likely to turn from accountants to institutions that can offer a truly one-stop shop. Interestingly, new research by Plan For Life (Actuaries & Researchers) reveals that retail managers that have sold a combination of investment and administration services ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... acting chief executive officer at Tyndall Investment Management. Clarke recently co-authored a joint report with Plan for Life, Direct Life Insurance in Australia: Racing onto the Radar, which predicted that - complementing strong growth in advised channels ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have fallen consistently since 2004. Life Cover premiums from December 2004 to June 2012 were analysed ...