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GFC drives insurance awareness: AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... general manager of sales and marketing at AXA Australia. Economic conditions has impacted Australians' perception on life insurance, with the number of people that felt they were "very well insured" falling 18 per cent to 15 per cent in two years. Given ...

Metlife group VP retires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Metlife Insurance has announced the retirement of Michael Burke, Australian vice president of growth strategies. Burke joined the firm four years ago and has managed the firm's group life business a head of institutional business before he was appointed ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... launch the range later this year. Stout, who previously ran ING's wealth management outfit in the US and was in life insurance prior to that, said there is a gap in the market in terms of the right solutions when it comes to receiving a regular income ...

AIG Life takes education online

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
AIG Life has launched the firm's online Insurance Education Centre for group life insurance clients. The Insurance Education Centre includes six modules can be accessed on the firm's website. Each module takes around half an hour to complete which allows ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... in a government submission by the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The question is, can this be applied to life insurance? It's worth stressing that FPA's recommendation to move away from commission-based financial advice is a proposal only and ...

TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... result that Jim Minto, chief executive at TOWER Australia, said reinforced the ongoing success of the company's life insurance market strategy. He highlighted the company's core life insurance business performed well over the six months to March, with ...

Half a billion up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... people to search for their unclaimed money, which could be found from banks, credit unions, building societies, life insurance companies and friendly societies. "Searching is free and there's no cost involved in claiming your lost money - the only thing ...

APRA to monitor investment options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... hypothetical pooled vehicles that many groups rather than actual fund products. The biggest initial impact will be felt by life insurance groups as "APRA believes that it is no longer appropriate to permit a notional valuation of individual life insurance ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... 325 of its clients noted that over 80 per cent of its clients did not want to see a financial planner to take out life insurance. The main reasons for choosing direct insurance, such as Allianz, were low premiums (64 per cent), the ability to apply and ...

Zurich expands Life Risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... to 55 year olds," said Philip Kewin, Head of Life Risk Sales. Last month, the group improved the pricing of its life insurance products and launched LifeXpress, revamping the firm's software to allow financial advisers to write insurance faster. Among ...