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Super funds get control with new Bravura broker service integration

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... functionality with modern technology. It provides an integrated administration solution for superannuation, pensions, life insurance, trust and wrap products. It delivers web access, workflow and real-time straight through processing.

Life insurance risk sees downfall in sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Life insurance risk sales declined, while premium inflows increased between March 2012 and March 2013, latest Plan For Life report shows. Overall sales were down by 4.7% with AIA leading the downfall with losses of 16.2%, followed by CommInsure with ...

BT insurance available on Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Individual life insurance policies are available now on the Asgard platforms for the first time with the launch of BT life insurance through its platform. BT Protection Plans can be accessed through super accounts on Asgard's platforms, BT Wrap as well ...

AIA Priority Protection added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... advisers increasingly see them as a means to reduce their administrative and regulatory burden. General Manager of Life Insurance, Damien Mu, says that expanding the partnership with Asgard will make it easier for financial advisers to purchase risk ...

HUB24 adds Perpetual SMA to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... 1,000 listed securities and multiple term deposit and insurance options, including the recently added AIA retail life insurance products. "HUB24's market leading SMA/Managed Portfolio functionality provides financial advisers with a unique product alternative ...

Suncorp forced to improve compliance after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... contents insurance with a portable cover option online. Suncorp failed to disclose significant policy upgrades to some life insurance customers. According to ASIC, Suncorp has already remediated most affected customers and is completing the refund pr ...

TAL Life CEO to sit on parent board

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
TAL Life Insurance Group (TAL) chief executive and managing director Jim Minto has been appointed to the board of Tokyo-based parent company Dai-ichi Life as executive officer. Minto will continue in his role as group chief executive of TAL. TAL chairman ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Planning Specialists and a number of its advisers will also join Affinia Financial Advisers, which is backed by life insurance group TAL. "After holding the licence for a number of years, the compliance obligations were taking me away from running a ...

HUB24 add AIA to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... platform HUB24. This is the third platform partnership AIA has made in the past two years. AIA general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said the platform linkups are designed to reduce advisers' administrative load, freeing them up for more client-facing ...

ClearView advisers up by 45%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Wealth has increased the number of authorised financial advice representatives by 45% and boosted its in-force life insurance premiums over the last year. The dealer group went from 70 advisers in June 30, 2012, to 102 in May 31, 2013, according to a ...