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Have DNA, will buy insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... of mental health conditions and substance use disorders, people may face an imposition of health, disability or life insurance coverage barriers. Is this a sign of things to come as group insurance offerings become more sophisticated, and super funds ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

AXA Australia plans to invest more than double each year into its life insurance business to move from its position as a sixth rank provider to one of the top three in the sector. In previous years, AXA invested around $3 million to $5 million each ...

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... report breaches to APRA. The new system will allow APRA-regulated institutions such as superannuation licensees, life insurance companies, general insurers, friendly societies and authorised deposit-taking institution to report breaches online to APRA. ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... process from 21 days to three. The service is a phone interview conducted by qualified nurses with applicants for life insurance, and Pathrec currently counts Macquarie Brokers and Hillross Financial Services on its client list. Expediting the underwriting ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... consists of wealth management services, including banking, investment management, trust, other fiduciary services and life insurance-based products. A key difference between the principality and its other European neighbours lies in the fact that approximately ...

Life insurance next for nib

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
New South Wales-based nib health funds has teamed up with TOWER Australia to provide, nib Value Life Insurance, an online life insurance product that requires no medical test. Administered by TOWER Australia, nib Value Life Insurance will be provided ...

BT Insurance names head of life

BT Financial Group has appointed Phil Hay, formerly of MLC, as Head of Life Insurance, and promoted Sandra Hill to Head of Customer Relations and Operations. The appointments were the first leadership appointments to be made since Mark Smith was named ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

... / AFA Life Company of the Year 2007 Awards held in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure won the two top accolades, 2007 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award and the 2007 Annuity Provider of the Year Award. The group faced stiff competition from the Life ...

AMP posts 47pc growth in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... is not immune to investment market volatility, the company's transformation in recent years from a traditional life insurance company to a modern wealth management business means we are placed to withstand these conditions," said Dunn. AMP Financial ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Lakeside Consultants subsidiary Charity Life and Tower Australia have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy that enables the member to donate to charity at no extra cost. Launched in December last year, Charity Life provides a straight term ...