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AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... submission whereby super funds and insures breached their claims obligations and named the "main culprits" - the "worst" being AIA, CommInsure and TAL. "The industry set itself strict timelines with respect to processing claims and responding to complaints ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... million in profit for the year. The move follows CBA's decision to offload its Australia and New Zealand life business to AIA Group in September last year. The $3.8 billion sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign included a 20-year bancassurance partnership ...

MetLife expands retail life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... network and create opportunities to secure retirement outcomes for more than two years. He also spent more than six years at AIA Australia as a senior business development manager. Charle Howard also joins the retail team as a strategic account manager ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... smaller companies such as Allianz (36.8%) and ClearView (19.2%) grew significantly over the decade. Among the larger players, AIA (19.2%), BT/Westpac (13.8%), TAL (10.8%) and OnePath (10%) experienced the strongest growth.

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the pack when engaging members with their life insurance policy. According to AIA Australia chief ...

BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... see two insurers added to the BT life insurance approved product list from March, a threefold increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten by Westpac Life from 19 March 2018. ...

Synchron appoints state manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... as a fund administrator in 2000 and spent the next eight years in sales and business development management roles with AIG, AIA Australia and Asteron. Synchron director Don Trapnell said Wallis spent his working life in financial services and has an ...

CBA purchase shifts AIA Australia executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief of people and culture to oversee its Australian and New Zealand workforce, a direct result of acquiring the Commonwealth Bank life insurance business. The newest addition to AIA Australia's executive team is Charlotte ...

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... company enhancing its life insurance solution in November via SMSF admin software Simple Fund 360 in November. BGL appointed AIA Australia as the underwriter and Australian Group Insurances to provide quotes to users of the software. Lesh said the new ...