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AXA ramps up million-dollar insurance strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... enhancements including changes to the payment on heart attacks, where the firm will pay a partial amount for minor heart attacks. Trauma cover has now been linked to superannuation and the number of illnesses without waiting periods across AXA's income ...

How planners can cope with redundancy

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners (FSP) partners with work/balance author Andrew May to publish a book that attempts to help planners cope with redundancy. The book comes at a time when planning firms are forced to make staff redundant as their ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... the Year Award. Last year, CommInsure won the Investment Bonds Award, Insurance Investment Bonds Award and the prize for Trauma Insurance. During his career, Swanson lived and worked across Asia Pacific in a number of senior roles. He said after a "great ...

ING upgrades OneCare

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
ING Australia has changed the 90-day waiting period rules for trauma insurance, upgraded the cover for male specific cancer and enhanced OneCare Express e-application. Announced yesterday, ING Australia head of marketing and retail products for life ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, has called for trauma insurance to be included in superannuation. Currently, life insurance policies such as death and total and permanent disability (TPD) are allowable ...

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... to write insurance faster. The firm has cut the price of death cover and reduced the premium for TPD insurance. However, Trauma and, separately, income replacement premiums were increased. The insurance suite now covers parents and carers by providing ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Insurance Company category award winners were TOWER Australia for the Life Cover and TPD and Premium Rates, CommInsure for Trauma Insurance, AIG Life for Income Protection, Zurich Australia for Service Quality and Asteron for Product Features. In annuities ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... crisis should put fund managers in good stead for any crises that arise in the future. "We have great expectations the trauma of the past 18 months will have positive and lasting influence on institutional fund investing, if some lessons are learned. ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Following the December 2008 revaluation of its unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's ...

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 ...