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Employee rehabilitation key to reduce claims costs: AIA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Rehabilitation for employees and early intervention could be the key drivers in reducing the claims costs experienced by superannuation funds, employers and employees in what remains a challenging life insurance market, according to insurer AIA Australia. ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Group risk sales experienced a jump of 88.3% in the twelve months to March 2014, the latest Plan for Life insurance risk market inflows report shows. Overall annual risk sales were up by 25.7%, with MetLife leading the pack and reporting a sales increase ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... seeing them progressing through the stages is very encouraging and motivating." Consumer research backs this. An AIA Australia 'Turn-On to Wellness' Survey released this week found that three-quarters of Australians are more likely to stay healthy if ...

AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
AIA Australia chief executive officer Peter Crewe is set to take up a new role based in Hong Kong, A and the insurer will have a new chief executive starting August 1, 2014. AIA Australia general manager of life insurance Damien Mu has been appointed ...

Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Industry stalwart Paul Costello has been appointed as a director on the Qantas Super Board. He replaces General Sir Peter Cosgrove, who stepped down from the boards of Qantas and Qantas Super last January to become Australia's Governor-General. Costello ...

AIA Australia re-enters direct insurance market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
AIA Australia has signed a deal with Bendigo Bank and it will provide direct insurance to its customers for five years. The insurer has partnered with the bank to launch Bendigo SmartCover, a life insurance product that consumers can buy through the ...

AIA Australia launches daily risk information for planners

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Life insurer AIA Australia has launched a new administrative tool that will provide daily risk 'Datafeeds' for XPLAN to assist in the management of life insurance policies. The risk 'Datafeeds' contain application and policy information from AIA Australia. ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
TAL has taken over from AMP/AXA as Australia's biggest life insurer after years of market dominance by the latter, research by DEXX&R has shown. The Life Analysis Report showed that TAL's in-force premiums for its total risk business had reached $1.87 ...

AFA Foundation appoints AIA exec as new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed AIA Australia head of retail Pina Sciarrone as chairperson of the AFA foundation. The Foundation encourages AFA members to raise funds and awareness for the organisation's charity partners. The ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... 10.3% in the year to December 2013. MetLife is Australia's fourth largest group insurer by market share, behind AIA Australia (24.1%), TAL (22.8%) and CommInsure (13.3%). Plan For Life attributed MetLife and NAB / MLC annual growth of group risk premium ...