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AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The market share consolidation of Australia's four biggest wholesale insurers (TAL, AIA Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group ...

AIA appoints chief marketing officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a chief marketing officer to lead a team of 41 people across a number of business areas. The life insurer has appointed former GE Capital A&NZ head of marketing and portfolio management Renae Smith to the role. Smith will ...

Insurance inflows up 12.9% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
Risk market inflows were up 12.9% for the twelve months to September 2014, with most companies reporting increases in business. Plan for Life figures for the September 2014 quarter show that total inflows went from $12.4 billion last year to $14 billion ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association has launched a new chapter in Australia to be headed up by the Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George, it was announced today. The CAIA is a not-for-profit organisation ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC to offer life insurance cover to its 800,000 members. As a part of the agreement, two new life insurance products - RAC Life Protect and RAC Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Life insurers think balancing rising claims with sustainable premiums for members is the greatest challenge that the sector is facing at the moment, an AIA Australia survey has found. Most superannuation fund and insurance companies' execs and employees ...

IOOF embeds insurance panel to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The IOOF Pursuit platform has launched a panel of retail insurers that advisers can choose from when looking for tailored offerings for their clients. AIA Australia's Priority Protection, TAL's Accelerated Protection and Zurich's Wealth ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Inflows to the total risk market grew 11.4% from $11.8 billion to $13.2 billion in the 12 months to 30 June, newly published data from Plan For Life shows. The group risk sub-market showed the strongest growth with inflows up 19.1%. This was driven ...

Advisers use more insurers, but main provider still key: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Advisers have expanded the number of insurers they use, but being an adviser's main insurance provider remains essential, new research by Investment Trends shows. After four years of planners consolidating insurers, advisers have increased the numbers ...