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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 ...

Suncorp Life appoints group risk head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Suncorp Life has appointed former head of wholesale risk at CommInsure, Michael Back, as executive manager of group risk. Aside from his role CommInsure, Back has also held a number of group insurance roles at AMP, Colonial and NSP Buck. Back will report ...

FSP reviews insurer line up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dealer group Financial Services Partners is reviewing its preferred risk carriers - including CommInsure, ING and Tower - through its annual adviser survey. A press statement from the firm noted that FSP's survey looks at the services provided by AIG ...

AIA tops life risk inflows chart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... BT/Westpac recorded the second largest percentage increase, at 20.8 per cent, followed by Aviva (18.6 per cent) and CommInsure (16.6 per cent). Rounding up the top seven are ING Australia (15.1 per cent), AMP (13.4 per cent), and National Australia/ ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Trowbridge's point is the largest super fund in the country, AustralianSuper deciding to switch group insurers from CommInsure to TOWER. The insurance mandate was worth $600 million. "[We are] likely to see a restructuring of this market, perhaps along ...

TOWER nabs $600m AustralianSuper deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... than six months where the number of insurers were shortlisted to three, with TOWER now replacing incumbent provider, CommInsure. TOWER Australia's managing director Jim Minto said the group was pleased to have won the largest contract in group insurance. ...

Zurich signs on to XPLAN Risk Researcher

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... validation has been added to XPLAN Risk Researcher. The announcement follows the introduction of real-time confirmation of CommInsure risk insurance premiums, which was also implemented by IRESS. The IRESS premium validation framework allows the adviser ...

UCSuper appoints IUS as insurer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... according to Rainmaker Information, signed a deal to bring on IUS as its new insurer early last month. IUS replaces CommInsure, noted data from Rainmaker Information. IUS' appointment followed a review of the fund's current insurance arrangements. The ...