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Super insurance commission ban not what it seems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... figure is, it's only 15% of total estimated life insurance commission revenue, as according insurance researcher Plan For Life, life insurance risk premiums were $9.4 billion last year implying that a 30% commission ratio equates to $2.8 billion. The ...

Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... managed fund inflows fell, along with master fund products according to data from managed fund research company Plan For Life. Alan Shield, director of banking research and analysis firm RFi, said investors were behaving as though in a storm and looking ...

CareSuper offers online advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... includes financial planning, money management, super, estate planning, income streams, money in retirement and 'a plan for life'. At the start of the month the ATO hosted a roundtable aimed at engaging younger Australians and their super, with many funds ...

BT Life fast tracks claims

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... the claims assessment process simple and painless," Taweel said. BT tele-claims was a joint winner for the 2010 Plan for Life/AFA Risk Insurance Innovation Award.

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee "unable ...

Plan for Life offloads LifeRisk Online

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Plan For Life passed its LifeRisk Online rights to the Life Risk Group, which announced plans to relaunch the adviser subscription service. Plan For Life said it would focus its attention on its core research business. Stephen Dingjan, managing director ...

TOWER Aus hits $1bn insurance milestone

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Australia is the largest non-bank specialist life insurer in the local market and fourth largest overall, according to Plan for Life figures at the end of March. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, said the move to one product, Accelerated ...

Insurers post double-digit growth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... risk premium inflows last year - but overall sales in the risk market has slumped, research shows. According to Plan for Life, Australia's life risk market reported a 10.8 per cent rise in inflows over the year to March, up from $7.6 billion to $8.4 ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... product grew 120 per cent in the 12 months to March 2010 and is now looking after $626 million. Separate research by Plan For Life has reported that platforms received $92 billion in inflows in the past 12 months, lead by BT with $28 billion which is ...

AXA upgrades insurance in super

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... their clients' insurance remains affordable," he said. AXA was awarded the best Life and TPD insurance at the 2009 Plan for Life/AFA Life Company of the Year Awards.