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Swanson heads MMC Contrarian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
CommInsure veteran Simon Swanson has been appointed chief executive of MMC Contrarian, which recently agreed to buy ClearView Retirement Solutions and MBF Life from Bupa Australia. Swanson, who announced his retirement from CommInsure mid last year ...

AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Warren Page as chief underwriter in its Personal Wealth Protection team. Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South Africa and worked for Swiss Re in number of key roles, including chief underwriter. ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum Life Company Award but also the awards for Service Quality Award, Trauma Product and ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... CareSuper's insurance broker following analysis of claims history and member research. The arrangements were negotiated with CommInsure, the fund's existing insurer. On joining the fund, under automatic acceptance, members may elect to increase their ...

CommInsure appoints head of wholesale risk dist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
CommInsure has promoted Mark Woodward, executive manager of retail banking services distribution, to head of wholesale risk distribution. Woodward's appointment is effective immediately. He was previously executive manager of retail banking services ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... Australia/MLC taking their places in the top three. On group risk inflows, Tower ranked fourth behind AIA Australia, CommInsure and ING Australia to report $252 million in inflows for the same period.

CFS platforms gain $1.9bn net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... (PIR) named CFS Retail Property Trust as the A-REIT of the year and the firm also launched its China A-Shares fund. CommInsure's underlying profit after tax fell 15 per cent compared with the 2008 financial year first-half to $159 million but the division's ...

IRESS adds Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Risk Researcher premium validation initiative was first introduced in July, initially launching with integration to CommInsure's premium engine. Soon after, validation of Zurich risk products was added. Andrew Walsh, managing director of IRESS, said ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...

Planners flock to WriteAway

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
CommInsure's electronic application and underwriting service, WriteAway, is proving a hit with the insurer's aligned planners with more than 50 per cent of insurance business being written through the service. WriteAway, which was launched by CommInsure ...