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Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... an exceptionally low risk of tax evasion by US account holders and that Australian retirement plans and certain life insurance products should be excluded from the regime.

Optimistic outlook for industry growth: Research

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... those under 30 (3.1%) and double income, no children households (DINKS) (3.1%). AIA Australia's General Manager - Life Insurance, Damien Mu, said the survey results had brought out some surprising results around the SMSF segment. "We were quite surprised ...

Zurich expands Life and Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... more than 25 years and spent a considerable amount of this time in senior finance and management roles across both Life Insurance and General Insurance," said Colin Morgan, chief executive officer of Zurich's Australian Life and Investments business. ...

OnePath upgrades insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
ANZ owned OnePath has upgraded its OneCare life insurance offering, based on customer and adviser feedback since the launch of the product seven years ago. OnePath is introducing a new SuperLink arrangement to its OneCare product which means that clients ...

FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... participate in trying to raise the financial literacy of consumers," said Alison Maynard, ombudsman, investments, life insurance & superannuation, Financial Ombudsman Service. Approximately 260 practicing financial planners, along with licensees and ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... business and Kent Griffin has joined TAL as chief financial officer. "We at TAL see increased consumer involvement in life insurance in [the] future and we expect consumers to continue to demand more value, and challenge existing industry models," said ...

Macquarie Life upgrades insurance offerings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... based on adviser feedback since the launch of Active two years ago. "As a result of providing both a traditional life insurance product through FutureWise, and offering a new category of life insurance through Active, we have been able to clearly identify ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

BTFG reduces processing time with phone service

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... trauma claim, as we were able to make to those claiming on their income protection policies," said Phil Hay, head of life insurance at BTFG. "The fact that we have the ability now to assess and pay a claim through a phone based system without the need ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Life insurance risk inflows increased by more than 10% in 2011, with new premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across ...