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Members abandon bank-aligned group insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... CommInsure will potentially rationalise and sharpen the combined entity in the group insurance space. In September last year, AIA Group agreed to buy 100% of CBA's Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses for $3.8 billion. In early May ...

CBA sells interests in Chinese insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... Mitsui Sumitomo as per a condition of the bank's sale of its Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses to AIA Group announced in September 2017. The bank anticipates the transaction will result in an indicative after tax gain of about $450 ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... support and oversee the implementation of the Way Back Support Service (WBSS) in Primary Health Networks. Insurance group AIA Australia has been urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... million in profit for the year. The move follows CBA's decision to offload its Australia and New Zealand life business to AIA Group in September last year. The $3.8 billion sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign included a 20-year bancassurance partnership ...

MetLife expands retail life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... network and create opportunities to secure retirement outcomes for more than two years. He also spent more than six years at AIA Australia as a senior business development manager. Charle Howard also joins the retail team as a strategic account manager ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... smaller companies such as Allianz (36.8%) and ClearView (19.2%) grew significantly over the decade. Among the larger players, AIA (19.2%), BT/Westpac (13.8%), TAL (10.8%) and OnePath (10%) experienced the strongest growth.

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the pack when engaging members with their life insurance policy. According to AIA Australia chief ...

BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... see two insurers added to the BT life insurance approved product list from March, a threefold increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten by Westpac Life from 19 March 2018. ...

Synchron appoints state manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... as a fund administrator in 2000 and spent the next eight years in sales and business development management roles with AIG, AIA Australia and Asteron. Synchron director Don Trapnell said Wallis spent his working life in financial services and has an ...