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AXA re-writes individual insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
AXA today launched a significant upgrade to its individual insurance products, offering a new Trauma Reinstatement option, reduced TPD waiting periods and increased TPD payouts. The trauma reinstatement option gives policy holders the chance to reinstate ...

ATO approves ING monthly life payouts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
The ATO has handed down a landmark ruling stating that ING's OneCare customers who have life, TPD and trauma benefits paid as monthly installments can avoid having them assessed as income. Mark Vilo, ING's head of marketing & retail products, life risk ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... uptake, including greater recognition of 'living benefits', such as income protection, Total and Permanent Disability (TPD), trauma policies and consumer unease over record levels of debt, working with new ease of product purchase and accessibility. ...

Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
The ageing population and changing morbidity patterns will promote greater need for trauma insurance rather than traditional TPD cover, and unless group insurers respond they will miss out on a big product development opportunity. "People are living ...

AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The award capped off a successful afternoon for AXA Australia, also taking out the Trauma Product of the Year Award. AXA was also a finalist in the Term/TPD Product of the Year category, along with TOWER Australia ...

Insurance on the go

... those who live in rural areas. ING's OneCare was launched in November 2005 and provides life insurance, income protection, trauma cover and total and permanent disability cover. Michelle Baltazar

Catholic Super consolidates online

... join. "We are frequently asked to make rollovers easier and to take as much of the paper work out of what has become a trauma for many people," said Frank Pegan, Catholic Super's chief executive. "The easy to complete rollover option will cut much of ...

Awards to recognise the best in life insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... Quality Awards 2006 will be awarded the Platinum Award. The category awards for product include Term/TPD Product of the Year, Trauma Product of the Year and Income Protection Product of the Year while the service awards include Underwriting and New Business ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

... cover. Part of OneCare's appeal is that it offers insurance for 14 medical conditions not usually covered under traditional trauma policies. These conditions are earlier stages of those covered under the traditional contract. The "early intervention" ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... personal insurance. While most Australians rated home, car and medical insurance as immediate priorities, life, income and trauma insurance were regarded as less important. AXA believes this may mean they are bumped off the agenda altogether as petrol ...