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Goss heads ING life risk sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ING Australia has appointed Kevin Goss as head of Life Risk Sales, reporting to Ross Barnwell, executive director for distribution. Goss has over 24 years' industry experience, gained in both the US and in Australia. He comes to ING from Zurich, where ...

ING Aus hires former Tower senior exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... previously the chief executive of the Non-Core Australian Investment arm of Tower, as its new executive director of Life Risk. Pearce replaces Helen Troup, who was promoted to chief executive officer of ING New Zealand. Besides working at Tower, Pearce ...

Life insurance too complicated: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... have to get rid of that complication so that people purchase [life insurance] and stay with it," said Gerard Kerr, ING Life Risk head of marketing, retail products and reinsurance. Whether or not someone uses a financial adviser didn't seem to make much ...

Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... for consumers, life insurance earnings have a natural resiliency with consumers becoming more aware of the need for life risk protection. It has been a good year despite the difficult wider market environment," said Rob Thomas, TOWER Australia chair. ...

Spring facelift to Zurich life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Zurich is simplifying the application process, improving trauma definitions and smoothing the claims process of its life risk products. The insurance firm is targeting women and individuals who experience a period away from employment - such as maternity ...

PIS creates NZ advice giant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... the country's general manager of the merged entity while Newpark chief executive, Darren Gannon was appointed head of life risk. "Newpark has a strong focus on risk products while PIS NZ very closely follows the PIS high touch model with an emphasis ...

HSBC contracts Allianz for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Group's Preferred Strategic Partners program. Both firms already have existing arrangements for the provision of complex life risk and credit card insurance. "Allianz and HSBC have worked together successfully in numerous markets around the world since ...

ING Aus appoints two senior Life Risk execs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
ING Australia has appointed a new head of product and marketing and head of strategy in Life Risk. Gerard Kerr, formerly head of claims at Asteron will be joining the group as head of product and marketing. He was most recently the chair of IFSA's working ...

ING NZ appoints first Aus chief

CAMERON BOGGS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Helen Troup, ING Australia's executive director of Life Risk, has been promoted as the first Australian chief executive of ING New Zealand. Paul Bedbrook, regional chief executive of ING Asia Pacific said Troup was promoted to the role after driving ...

FPA partners with Deakin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... improving adviser understanding on life insurance after partnering with Deakin University to develop an industry recognised life risk adviser program. The corporate education division of Deakin University, DeakinPrime, will provide the FPA Specialist ...