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Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... banking and general insurance and will aim to set out best practice standards for insurers, including in relation to underwriting and claims management. The government will also consider measures to widen advisers' approved product lists by July 1, 2016. ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance (Claims, Sales and Underwriting stream), Certificate IV in General Insurance (Claims, Sales and Generalist stream) and Tier 1 Insurance Broking. Each course ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... of health via a new product recently launched by AIA Australia. The life insurer's new Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners to increase their life, total permanent disability (TPD) and crisis recovery insurance ...

FPA proposes risk commission cap

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... transparent manner. Given that most of the work involved in putting insurance policies in place through a SOA and underwriting is in the establishment phase, this would preclude support for a flat or level commission structure," FPA chief executive Mark ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... that market works there. "We believe the Trowbridge objectives can be met by improved product design and smarter underwriting and we now intend to seek partners that are prepared to offer life insurance products that meet our specifications," Synchron ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Finalist was CommInsure. Annuity & Income Stream Innovation Award was Challenger's Annuities on Platforms Integration. Underwriting Team Award was for Macquarie Life. Finalists were BT Financial Group and Asteron Life. Claims Team Award was for Macquarie ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... with pricing "not supported by rigorous analysis", disablement and trauma definitions too open to interpretation, underwriting processes compromised to appease advisers' cost concerns and paying benefits without admission of liability to avoid negative ...

Zurich chairman retires, replacement named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... significant contribution he has made to the insurance industry over the last 50 years as well as the wealth of broking and underwriting experience he brought to Zurich over the past eleven years. "It is an exciting time for Paul to be taking over the ...

We'll underwrite when it suits us: Delaney

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
AustralianSuper may act like an investment bank in underwriting future transactions, but only when it gives the fund a better deal on long-term investments, the fund's chief investment officer Mark Delaney has said. Earlier this year AustralianSuper ...

TAL appoints claims manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... operations officer Penny Coates said. Maini has led business areas in IAG for over 20 years across product, pricing, underwriting, indirect sales, operations, claims (both personal injury and domestic lines), workers compensation, technology systems ...