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TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... "significant corporate clients". Separately, on the retail side, Minto said more people are recognising the value of life insurance but its retail growth rates had slowed. "We have seen some slowing in growth rates across the retail advice market in ...

AvSuper appoints Hannover Life Re

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... fund, AvSuper's new insurance mandate and arrangements kick in on 1 July. Hannover Life Re's mandate includes group life insurance and income protection policies. Rainmaker Information data shows Hannover will replace ING Australia. Hannover was selected ...

AMP seeks NZ regulator approval for AXA bid

PRESS STATEMENT  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Australia and New Zealand and AXA Asia Pacific is listed on the ASX. Both companies provide superannuation, investment, life insurance and financial planning services in New Zealand. This comes after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

TOWER enhances Accelerate Protection

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... David Denison, head of product and marketing -- retail life at TOWER Australia. Accelerate Protection is the firm's life insurance platform that was launched last year based on the Accelerate platform that was introduced the prior year. The enhanced ...

AXA upgrades insurance in super

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Australia customers can now link their non-super trauma and TPD options to a self managed super fund (SMSF)-owned life insurance plan, as a result of the upgrade. Rosengren said this enhancement allows customers to access tax effective life insurance ...

AXA names advice state managers

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... and human resources. John Seed has been promoted to financial advice state manager of NSW/ACT. Seed worked across life insurance and investment companies before joining AXA Australia in 2001 as state manager of South Australia and the Northern Territ ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... Hewison's modelling shows that certain clients could save more than $2,500 or 17 per cent over five years on a life insurance policy that charges a fee for advice rather than commissions to an adviser, based on the cost of a life insurance policy for ...

Matrix adds regional practice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... geographic area. The practice offers superannuation, pre-retirement and retirement planning, personal and business life insurance, savings and investment plans and estate planning. "The philosophy that the group has in terms of how clients should be ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... development, Metlife is to buy one of American International Group, Inc.'s (AIG) international subsidiaries, American Life Insurance Company (ALICO), for approximately US$15.5 billion. ALICO does not have operations in Australia. Set up in 2005, the ...

BOQ buys St Andrews insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The deal means Bank of Queensland to buy the consumer credit insurance and life insurance products that St Andrews distributes. St Andrew's has a annual gross written premium of $75 million and approximately 165,000 ...