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CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
CommInsure has won the AFA / PFL Life Insurance Company of the Year Platinum award, as well as the Investment Bond award. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) awarded insurance companies at the black-tie event held in ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found. The life insurer's group risk premium inflows jumped by 110% and went from $222.28 million in the year ended December 2012 ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... believes AIA Vitality provides financial advisers with a new way to connect with Australians about the need for life insurance, and address the issue of sustainability in the industry. "We believe the program will allow us to engage with customers in ...

Nine in 10 Australians can't get no insurance satisfaction: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... outs of good insurance. Late last year, insurer Zurich surveyed 394 working Australians - all of whom only have life insurance through their super fund - to find out how well they understood their insurance cover. The results confirmed that knowledge ...

AFA Plan For Life - Life Company Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... business services, claims services and business support. Plan For Life (PFL) has developed the criteria on which life insurance companies will be ranked for the product awards using a methodology that is transparent and understandable. In the area of ...

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... In its quarterly bulletin, the tribunal gave five examples of recent determinations of interest. Two related to life insurance benefits, and lawyers were instrumental in both. One related to TPD insurance. One case involved a New Zealand man who was ...

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... much as 71% by the start of year 4, and by as much as 93% at the end of year 10." AIA Australia general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said that many advisers want to be less dependent on up front revenues, and "want to grow their recurring revenue." ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... a burgeoning rugby career with an ordinary paid job. So on leaving university Kearns got himself a job selling life insurance for AMP - a job he did "very unsuccessfully". "With age comes credibility, and I was pretty young to be out there in those days ...

ClearView reports $9.1 million profit

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... of $9.1 million. The latter figure represents a 7% rise from the same period last year. The financial advice and life insurance provider saw a growth in funds under management of 14%, hitting $1.63 billion. It also saw the number of advisers increase ...

Life insurance losses drag AMP results

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... has attributed its 2% fall in net profit from $689 million in 2012 to $672 million in 2013 to difficulties in its life insurance business. The company meanwhile reported an underlying profit of $849 million in FY13 compared to $950 million for FY12 ...