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Paul Costello appointed to AIA Australia board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
The former chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group and the inaugural general manager of the Future Fund has been appointed to the board of AIA Australia. As non-executive director, Paul Costello will provide the life insurance firm with ...

Life insurance sales close in on $10bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Life insurance risk market inflows climbed 10% in the 12 months to June 2011 from $8.9 billion to $9.8 billion with TAL, Zurich and AIA recording the three highest inflows. Group risk had a rougher year with mixed results. According to Plan For Life ...

AIA Australia scoops Insurance Industry awards

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
AIA Australia has come up trumps at this year's insurance industry awards, scooping a number of prizes for its Priority Protection product range. The life insurance specialist picked up Canstar Cannex 'Outstanding Value' awards for Life Insurance and ...

AIA Australia creates Asia role, new CEO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Life insurance group AIA Australia has appointed chief executive Damien Green to a Hong Kong-based role where he will grow AIA Group business across the region. Green has held the reins at AIA Australia since November 2009 and will start the newly created ...

Omnium updates life quotes web tool

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Financial planners can now break down life insurance premiums for clients with Omnium's upgraded web-based quoting tool. Omnium's 'Australian Life Quotes' compares the cost of life insurance from different providers but has recently enhanced the software ...

Sunsuper overhauls insurance in favour of women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Sunsuper has revamped its insurance offering with increased coverage for all members and notable improvements for women and young people especially. After a year long review, the $18 billion fund has worked with AIA Australia to design a product that ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
More than 25 per cent of dormant superannuation accounts have active life insurance policies causing balances to dwindle through unnecessary fees, new figures show but financial planners can help. According to research house Rice Warner, just over 12 ...

Asgard upgrades insurance for FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Platform provider Asgard adds new features to its Asgard Personal Protection Package (APPP) which will help advisers in their risk-related business. APPP now provides online application and tracking tools and a Mortgage Acceptance Cover feature. "We're ...

AIA rolls out service-focused insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
AIA Australia plans to differentiate itself from its rivals through a new suite of customer-focused insurance upgrades and more time-saving insurance tools for financial advisers. Under the group's newly launched WeCare service, AIA's existing Priority ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
AIA Australia cements its top spot as Australia's biggest group insurer after clinching a $160 million contract with Sunsuper. AIA replaces Suncorp Life to provide death, disablement and income protection insurance cover to over one million members ...