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Statewide hits $2b FUM milestone

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... offer their members insurance without the cumbersome paperwork and medical checks in an effort combat Australia's underinsurance problems.

AMP loses share to banks in risk insurance

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... a core business for the company and he said there was strong potential for organic growth, given high levels of underinsurance in the community. He said another positive sign for AMP was that it had picked up some "big wins" in corporate superannuation ...

City Super beefs up insurance and Aus equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... through superannuation. "Investors have reacted positively to the new and improved offering, which would help address underinsurance issues while making the fund more competitive," Prowse said. In May this year, the fund also awarded more than $70 million ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Gap Working Group which delivered two rounds of research that established a credible estimate for the level of underinsurance in Australia and the underlying issues that cause it. Barlin, who is head of tax at Colonial First State Investments Limited ...

Statewide rolls out automatic insurance cover

South Australia-based super fund Statewide has come up with a simple but clever answer to the nation's underinsurance problems - give members a better insurance deal without the cumbersome paperwork and medical checks. The fund's chief executive Frances ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... submit them electronically. Andrew McKee, Zurich's Australian head of life risk insurance, said, "With the country's underinsurance crisis a major concern, this service is an important step in Zurich's journey to simplify its new business processing ...

Industry dealing well with underinsurance: CommInsure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The local insurance industry is doing a 'good' or 'exceptional' job of addressing the issue of underinsurance, according to around 50 per cent of CommInsure's largest life risk insurance clients. The survey covered CommInsure's top 43 group risk clients ...

Genesys chooses preferred insurers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... for all parties. Genesys head, Andrew Creaser, said the preferred supplier relationships would help tackle the underinsurance problem by addressing administrative issues for key parties. "Underinsurance is a significant problem in Australia, and this ...

Advice shortage shows system is failing: TOWER

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... the next battleground." "For people aged under 30, a few hundred dollars can buy a lot of insurance." No wonder underinsurance is such a problem, said Minto. The way these compliance barriers cut people out of being able to get advice is such a crucial ...

Green light for Aviva Riskfirst roll-out

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... said. "Bringing life insurance into the 21st century will make it economic for advisers to make real inroads into underinsurance." More than 4,000 advisers will have access to the system from 5 June. In addition, 10,000 advisers will be able to gain ...