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NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

Raiz to launch group insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... developing customised group insurance products using machine learning algorithms developed by Swiss Re. A predictive underwriting model that aims to deliver a simpler underwriting experience for customers is in the works, Raiz said. The predictive modelling ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... encouraged to increase spending which, by extension, will support consumer spending (and domestic demand as whole), underwriting economic growth. But as I've eternally reminded gentle readers on this space, these seasonally adjusted stats are highly ...

Zurich launches new adviser portal

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... for a more efficient online portal for advisers. The Zurich Adviser Portal gives advisers a single login to access underwriting quotes, track client application progress in real time and request updates to policy details like address and payment methods. ...

TAL refutes duty of good faith breaches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... duration period." TAL also clarified that van Eeden confirmed the process later formalised in the group insurer's Underwriting and Disclosure Review Guide for Claims was already in place. The group insurer said that process did not apply to all claims ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... million. But the adjusted EBITDA was up 6.6% to $64.8 million "This solid result was principally driven by an improved underwriting experience for the retail health insurance business and an improvement in net interest margin for the banking business." ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... services - predominantly in life insurance. McCrea joined ClearView Wealth in August 2012, starting off as a manager of underwriting operations and technology. He rose up the ranks to become head of operations in October 2015. Little was previously national ...

TAL enhances musculoskeletal underwriting initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Life insurer TAL has enhanced its musculoskeletal underwriting guidelines to manage neck pain and promote spinal health. The refreshed guidelines will enable advisers to better understand why underwriting exclusions are applied following neck pain and ...

BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... other occupations under its Professional Package, such as doctors and accountants. Further, BT is streamlining the underwriting process for under-45 year applying for an income product by removing medical tests when applying for up to $15,000 a month. ...

TAL appoints customer operations lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
TAL has appointed a new head for its customer operations and underwriting, filling the vacancy created when the former lead moved to MetLife. Moving into TAL as general manager, customer operations and underwriting is Matt Paterson. He has 15 years' ...