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Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
The majority of Australian consumers prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every ...

Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... keep pace, according to Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. Commenting on Rice Warner's Direct Insurance Report 2015, Baxter described the direct sales environment as "relatively stagnant" and pressured by policy lapse rates. Sales ...

TAL pays out $1bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... 2014 equates to paying out an average of $3.79 million each working day. Maini said while superannuation and direct insurance has helped expand the reach of life insurance the question remains whether people have appropriate and adequate levels of life ...

REST appoints former NAB general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... including general manager of people and culture at NAB Wealth and MLC Insurance general manager of group and direct insurance. Before that he was director of integration and manager product and strategy at Plum Financial Services. Howard will replace ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... responsible for leading the distribution teams at Suncorp Life through its advice business, Asteron Life and the direct insurance business. "The life industry is facing challenging conditions which require fundamental changes from the industry players," ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... increasingly aware of the fact that they have insurance through their superannuation fund. New products (such as direct insurance) and aggressive marketing campaigns on television and the internet have only increased the frequency with which consumers ...

NAB launches online direct insurance product

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched a life insurance product that consumers can apply for online. The NAB Essential Life protection can be applied for through a few simple steps and provides immediate cover to consumers. NAB retail wealth product ...

Profit up and new products for ClearView

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... is expected the new product will complement the significant investment ClearView has already made into their direct insurance capabaility which they said is beginning to yield results. "The significant investment in the direct life insurance business ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Australia and allow us to drive our focus on the extensive growth opportunities we have with our group, corporate and direct insurance partners, " MetLife Australia chief executive Damien Green said. Watt is a fellow of the Australian Society of CPA ...

AIA Australia re-enters direct insurance market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
AIA Australia has signed a deal with Bendigo Bank and it will provide direct insurance to its customers for five years. The insurer has partnered with the bank to launch Bendigo SmartCover, a life insurance product that consumers can buy through the ...