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AIG secures extra A$54bn in liquidity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... event, mischaracterized as an 'Executive Retreat,' was held by one of AIG's insurance subsidiaries for independent life insurance agents, not for AIG employees. These agents were top business producers for the company, and of the more than 100 attendees ...

AIG Australia to be retained

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... policyholders that it will be retaining a majority interest in its Asian insurance companies, including its Australian life insurance operation AIG Life Australia. The announcement is part of AIG's commitment to refocus on its core property and casualty ...

TOWER buys InsuranceLine

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
TOWER Australia ramps up its market share in the direct-to-market life insurance sector after it acquired InsuranceLine, one of the largest direct distributor of life insurance products in the country. TOWER Australia bought InsuranceLine for $136 million ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the fast-growing Asian markets, AIG is even more dominant with market shares as high as 40 per cent. Australian life insurance regulatory and prudential structures have also ensured that AIG in Australia is separately constituted with all assets of AIG ...

IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Kinens, IRESS Market Technologies senior business development executive. "So they're looking at income protection and life insurance, by referring you to someone in my system. The risk adviser does the transaction and then splits the commission with ...

MetLife appoints head of insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
MetLife Insurance Limited appointed Richard Anderson as head of institutional business. Anderson, currently with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), will join MetLife in October and be responsible for building on the 2007 and 2008 growth ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... capitalisation is coming under pressure. The 'BB+/B' ratings on New Zealand companies Equitable Mortgages Ltd. and Equitable Life Insurance Co. Ltd. were affirmed by S&P but the outlooks were amended to negative from stable on deteriorating asset quality. ...

Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
UK based Barclays Bank penned a deal with Norwich Union to provide life insurance products for the retail market online, a strategy which contrasts the approach of many Australian insurance firms. The deal means Barclays will offer both level and decreasing ...

Changing of the guard: TOWER

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
TOWER Australia today unveilled Japanese insurance giant Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance as its new cornerstone investor - marking a generational change in business strategy and direction for TOWER's operations. Dai-ichi, Japan's oldest mutual life insurance ...

IFSA launches insurance campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... most important asset - their ability to earn an income." The new awareness campaign comes on the tail of IFSA's Life Insurance Headland Statement released a year ago.