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ESSSuper appoints new CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Prior to working at ESSSuper Dundon was a senior finance executive with experience in banking, funds management, life insurance, consumer lending and utilities organisations within Australia and South East Asia. ESSSuper was formed following the merger ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...

Aviva provides automatic insurance in super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Aviva is providing automatic life insurance cover to over 18,000 Business Super members. Business Super members only need $1,500 in superannuation savings to receive the automatic cover. No medical history or check is required. Around 9,700 members ...

IOOF profits down, to divest life insurance...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... per cent to $16.5 billion. Chris Kelaher, managing director at IOOF, said the firm plans to sell the company's life insurance business. "The sale of these assets simplifies our business and allows IOOF to focus on its core skill set of superannuation ...

ING OneAnswer taps online insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
ING Australia's OneAnswer superannuation offering now provides a new online life insurance application and case management capability. This technology upgrade allows advisers to write and manage group life insurance applications for their OneAnswer ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... from Sydney and Melbourne - the key markets of the division. According to Melville, planning firms who focus on life insurance in particular have been on a better boat and are more willing to buy as their bottom lines were less affected by the plunge ...

AMP service speeds up underwriting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... quickly," Gordon said. "Having access to people's medical records is a crucial step in the underwriting process for life insurance and, for a long time, the process has been time consuming and costly." As part of the underwriting process, a Personal ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... super funds can answer basic questions such as switching between investment options, voluntary contributions and life insurance within super without going through a cumbersome compliance checklist. But Matthew Lock, managing director of planning software ...

MLC wins life insurer of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
MLC has won the 2009 Life Insurance Company of the Year by the Australia & New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) for the fourth time in six years. The firm's product design, customer and adviser research and upgrade philosophy were ...

Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... protected in times of economic uncertainty and this trend is supported by our figures which show an increase in life insurance held via super," said Russell Hannah, national distribution manager - protection at Aviva. "This allows clients to stay protected ...