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Management shake up at Zurich

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... closer to its parent global structure. Zurich will maintain two clear operating businesses, general insurance, and life insurance and investments complete with new chief executives in place as current chief executive, David Smith will be made redundant ...

OnePath upgrades OneCare tracking

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... system upgrade rolled out this year. Onepath has launched an online application tracking system on its OneCare life insurance. The new system will provide all risk advisers using OneCare life insurance with faster turnarounds and greater visibility during ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has upgraded its life insurance products, with some of the key features designed to appeal to the small business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... saving measures for advisers are a high priority. AIA has also included a new Maximiser benefit to make structuring life insurance with superannuation easier with an increase in income protection monthly benefit limits up to $60,000 also offered. The ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... business increasing by 22 per cent, and in-force insurance premiums growing at an annualised rate of 15 per cent. Life Insurance is one of the non-investment linked services Count Franchisees provide for their clients, the company said. The company reported ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... (AFA) has called on Federal Finance Minister Bill Shorten to consider the impact of proposed financial reforms on life insurance levels. Richard Klipin, chief executive, AFA, said research had shown that if adviser commissions were banned, consumers ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Virgin Money has launched a directly available life insurance product, underpinned by TOWER Australia. Virgin Money will lend its brand, product development and customer service expertise to the alliance while TOWER Australia will provide the infrastructure ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... will take it out to the 15,000 independent financial adviser market," said Phil Hay, BT Financial Group's head of life insurance. The first cab off the rank is BT's new product, Protection Plans, which offers a guaranteed 100 per cent upgrade to all ...

Commission ban to widen underinsurance gap: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... reinforces what financial advisers have been saying all along - that it would be too costly for many Australians to get life insurance if they are not given the choice on how to pay for it. When the survey respondents were asked 'Would the move to make ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... rules to enable providers to provide innovative products more easily," said Kan. The removal of impediments to life insurance companies offering deferred annuities with a guaranteed income stream between retirement and death could be one such step, he ...