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AIA tackles spike in mental illness-related claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
Life insurer AIA Australia has launched a paper exploring ways of getting employees suffering from mental illness back into work, after a spike in total and permanent disability (TPD) claims has put serious pressure on the life insurance industry. The ...

AIA Group reports 34% profit growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... results for the six months ending May 31, 2013. The group, which is listed in Hong Kong but operates in Australia as AIA Australia, has reported a net profit growth of 34% and a 29% of increase of its annualized new premium to $1,649 million. At the ...

AIA Priority Protection added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
AIA Australia's Priority Protection products have been added to the Asgard superannuation platform. AIA said a third of risk business in Australia is now being written via platforms and advisers increasingly see them as a means to reduce their administrative ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... these six programs will be available to all members of the associated funds. The group insurers appear to be happy - AIA Australia, TAL, CommInsure, Hannover Life Re, MLC and Beazley Group have all renewed their contracts with SuperFriend. AIA chief ...

HUB24 add AIA to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Life insurer AIA Australia has announced a new partnership with investment platform HUB24. This is the third platform partnership AIA has made in the past two years. AIA general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said the platform linkups are designed ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Life insurance company AIA Australia has extended its Income Protection benefit to include workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD ...

netwealth's advice group moves advice ops

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... a response to adviser desire, the group have now inked deals with multiple insurers. The group has added to its AIA Australia group insurance arrangement with TAL. In May it was announced that netwealth's FUM had reached the the $4 billion mark, following ...

NDIS does not replace life insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... formerly known as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), does not replace the need for life insurance, argues AIA Australia (AIA) in a briefing note to advisers. "When the concept of the DisabilityCare scheme (formerly known as the NDIS) was ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Folkestone as part of the sale. Silverii has over 30 years of financial experience and has held senior roles at AIA Australia, Superpartners and the Colonial Group. Austock Group chief executive Bill Bessemer told Financial Standard that Austock was ...

AIA introduces 24 hour insurance processing

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
AIA Australia has released a tool that allows financial advisers to automatically process insurance applications. The tool called Auto Complete, allows new policies to be up and running within 24 hours of submission. "For advisers, the speedier turnaround ...