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MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... confirming a diagnosis of MS, why would you have to go to a second neurologist?" Giles was surprised to see that Asteron Life was the only life insurer Financial Standard found which made reference to the McDonald criteria in its definition of MS. The ...

PPS Mutual bolsters distribution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Previously, he was a director and financial adviser and earlier spent more than 11 years is distribution roles for Asteron Life. Hopwood said it had been "great" to welcome Tang on board. "I'm confident his considerable experience within both business ...

TAL reviews life distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... better reflect the evolving shape and size of the Australian life insurance market and the recent integration of the Asteron Life business," the spokesperson said. TAL has since reviewed a number of business unit structures to align them with its overarching ...

ASIC eyes claims handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... insurers who performed particularly badly in ASIC's review. "We found concerningly high decline rates for two insurers: Asteron, which used to be known as Suncorp, and Westpac. These two insurers declined one in three claims," she said. ASIC's report ...

PPS Mutual bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Specialist insurer PPS Mutual announced two senior appointments from ANZ Wealth and Asteron Life. Steve Salter has been appointed state manager for Western Australia and South Australia and David Lowe steps into a senior underwriter position. Salter ...

NEOS grows sales teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... in July as a business development manager, representing South Australia and Northern Territory. He was most recently at Asteron, working in a similar role for over eight years. Prior to Asteron, Bridgland worked at MLC Life and Trilogy Financial Services. ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Zealand, South Africa and Japan. Between 2004 and 2007, she was chief financial officer and appointed actuary at life insurer Asteron, and was a director at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Blight-Johnston has held directorships at the Financial Services Council ...

TAL restructures retail arm, announces job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... making major changes to its retail business that will make some jobs redundant after reviewing its recent acquisition of Asteron, Suncorp's Australian life insurance business. Realigning the retail businesses will consequently reduce headcount across ...

Regulators name laggard life insurance providers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... most efficient (four weeks each), according to the ASIC and APRA analysis. As for TPD claims in group insurance, Suncorp/Asteron takes the longest to process claims at 9.7 months, followed by Westpac at 8.5 months and AIA Australia at seven months. Disability ...

NEOS continues recruitment drive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... more than eight years at Suncorp in a similar role and prior to that held senior underwriting positions at TAL and Asteron life. He will focus on improving the efficiency of NEOS's application process through his knowledge of underwriting analytics. ...