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TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... Platinum Life Company of the Year. Earlier in the night TAL won the Service Quality Award which covers new business and underwriting services, claims services and business support services. The insurer also picked up the Trauma Product of the Year for ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... Mu said Vitality has data of millions of people around the world, but it's "completely separate" and not used for underwriting. Underwriting and claims do not have any access to that data as the member's life insurance policy is in place well before ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... experience when purchasing and using life insurance. As part of this, the life company will soon launch a new automated underwriting rules engine for group and retail customers, significantly diminishing the time it takes for consumers and advisers to ...

Former Suncorp executive joins Freedom Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... million direct life insurance market for new business and a serious contender for industry leadership. Excluding risk underwriting, the ASX-listed firm broadly covers the insurance value chain from product design and manufacture, marketing and lead generation ...

Small cap IPOs surge above the market in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... In total, new IPOs obtained 94% of the total funds being sought. "In a sign of increasing market confidence, the underwriting of offers continues to decrease, with only 25% of offers being underwritten this year, compared to 31% in 2016 and 44% in 20 ...

TAL enhances adviser learning hub

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... educational requirements. TAL Risk Academy added 16 new courses covering superannuation and insurance advice, financial underwriting, understanding health conditions and business management, to bring the number of courses available to 50. Advisers undertaking ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... features and service - the whole value equation must work for the increasingly discerning consumer." When it comes to underwriting, consumers valued the benefits of underwriting a policy upfront, preferring to conduct a full health assessment than answer ...

ANZ Wealth tests AI-driven underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
ANZ Wealth is exploring artificial intelligence opportunities to improve its underwriting processes. The collaboration with the Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) will use machine learning and big data to develop ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... platform now includes integrated electronic quote and application processes along with tele-interviewing and tele-underwriting. ClearView said further enhancements to the platform will follow later this quarter. "We are committed to continuously improving ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... generates lifespan estimates using selfies. Lapetus Life Event Solutions recently developed CHRONOS, an end-to-end underwriting platform that predicts a person's life expectancy by scanning hundreds of points on their face to extract information. This ...