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CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... their risk products in 2013, while at the same time paying attention to increased claim rates in product sectors such as Trauma through increases in premium rates." The AFA / PFL product awards are based on data provided by participating companies to ...

AFA Plan For Life - Life Company Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... the highest combined scores across the product and service quality areas. Separate awards will be given for term and TPD, trauma, income protection, service quality, underwriting and new business services, claims services and business support. Plan For ...

CommInsure enhances adviser flexibility of life product

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... Browne said. Clients can hold life cover and a total and permanent disability (TPD) cover inside their super, with linked Trauma or TPD riders sitting outside of super. The launching of the new feature is in line with the start of the Future of Financial ...

Direct insurance races for advised market share

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... 30 years old and 60% at an entry age of 45 against an advised product with sum insured of $250,000. Also, a Stand Alone Trauma cover of $200,000 is on average cheaper by approximately 30% at an entry age of 30 and 20% at an entry age of 45 compared with ...

FSC announces winners of insurance awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... for taking an active role on BT Protection Plans and the creation of the BT teleclaims service for income protection and trauma insurance customers, both industry-first initiatives. He was also part of the launch of BT's award-winning income protection ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Platinum: TAL (OnePath, BT) Service Quality: Asteron (TAL, AIA, CommInsure) Term/TPD: TAL (AMP Elevate, Zurich, OnePath) Trauma: OnePath (AMP Elevate, MLC) Income Protection: CommInsure (AMP Elevate, TAL) Risk Product Innovation Award: MLC - Risk first ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... criminal behavior [that regulators themselves couldn't see]. "Even if this is deemed an extra-ordinary event, the distress, trauma and anxiety that this has caused 690 investors demands in the public interest that our socially democratic government ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... last six years living." He said he had planned succession in his business and had been paid out on the income protection, trauma and life insurance (via terminal illness benefit) policies he had put in place to protect himself and his family. "Mr Murphy ...

BTFG reduces processing time with phone service

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
BT Financial Group has launched a telephone based claims service for customers making a claim on their trauma insurance, reducing processing time to an average of 14 days, compared to 68 days for a paper-based claim. Since commencing the new Tele-claims ...