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MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
MLC will introduce an insurance rollover offer to external superannuation funds. The rollover provides multiple benefits to super funds, including a 15% upfront tax credit, 7% annual premium discount, enduring authority, automated annual premium payments ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Zurich has won in three categories at Plan For Life's 2015 Direct Life Insurance awards. Aside from the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, Zurich also picked up the Term Life and Customer Service for Life Companies awards. Held in Sydney ...

AIA launches adviser support service

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has launched its Business Growth Hub, a service aimed at supporting advice business owners. The service is available online and through AIA's client development team, and provides planners with strategic business advice on issues such ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief group insurance officer. Stephanie Phillips will be responsible for group insurance product distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Individual life insurance sales are recovering after two poor quarters, according to DEXX&R research. DEXX&R's life analysis report for the June quarter shows that new business in the sector grew by 15% on the March quarter to $321 million. As reported ...

AIA builds team to focus on adviser distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has appointed six members to its distribution team to boost its support resources to advisers. Bruno Santos, Josh Lawrence, Simon Bennett, Reon Botha, Johnny Ng and Deborah Clayton-Ford will be in charge of assisting advisers to grow their ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Sustainability of premiums in group life insurance is the biggest issue facing the industry, according to research by AIA Australia. AIA surveyed 105 respondents in the insurance and superannuation industries at its Group Insurance Summit in August ...

AIA outlines adviser support plan

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has announced its plans to support financial advisers in the transition to the new life insurance framework. Following on from TAL's announcement that it would invest $150 million in adviser support services - including education programs ...

Planners continue insurer switches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
One in five financial planners is in the market for new insurers according to the latest data from wealth management researcher Investment Trends. The Investment Trends' 2015 Planner Risk Report also found that planners are likely to continue their ...