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BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... manager Lifestyle Funds. Customers can either choose their fund or a fund will be chosen for them based on their age. Life insurance is also available with the option of death and salary cover.

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... giving a higher amount of cover to members. It would now provide up to $2.5 million permanent disability (TPD) and life insurance cover for clients under the age of 45 using only a personal statement. This service has been extended to clients between ...

Life insurance tax should be abolished: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... and industry body IFSA are backing a proposed state legislation to abolish stamp duty and other related taxes on life insurance products which, if passed, could reduce premiums by up to 12 per cent. Yesterday industry body IFSA, which represents members ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... seen on many peer fund wealth managers in Australia," the report said. There were some bright spots. Individual life insurance (new business) grew 22 per cent to $12.3 million while individual income protection increased by eight per cent to $5.5 million. ...

Macq Life amps up FutureWise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
Macquarie Life has upgraded its FutureWise life insurance product suite, following feedback from and ongoing dialogue with financial advisers using the platform. Since its launch in March 2007, the Macquarie Life team has been working with advisers ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... program, an online self-assessment tool. The online multiple choice review program covers self-managed superannuation, life insurance and managed investments and is designed to identify where individual advisers may need to boost their knowledge base ...

Capital guaranteed on winning streak

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Australian shares. For multi-industry super fund Sunsuper, having a mixture of capital guaranteed investments in life insurance firms including AXA, AMP and Suncorp have yielded the winning formula to the fund's 7.9 per cent returns over a one-year period. ...

Anderson to head CFS corporate super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... member education. He had also held a range of other roles at AMP including distribution manager for the Indian life insurance joint venture and national sales manager - wholesale, funds management. In his new role, Anderson will report to Paul Barrett ...

AXA online gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... with an optimistic response from its advisers - putting the firm a step closer to ramping up its presence in the life insurance sphere. Recently establishing "Vision 2012", a goal that aims to propel the firm's life insurance business to a top three ...

Zurich's timely insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... death, covering terms of 5, 10 or 15 years. According to Zurich head of life risk Andrew McKee: "By customising life insurance by the length of term, Australians now have the flexibility to design an insurance solution that meets their changing needs ...