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NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
The combined entity of NAB/MLC and Aviva's insurance arm will create a life insurance provider with the largest total risk premium inflows and one that claims a 15.5 per cent share of the market - usurping CommInsure's top spot in the category. Figures ...

AGEST Super upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
AGEST Super has improved the fund's insurance arrangement to members. The latest AGEST Super member newsletter announced that cover levels have been improved for different age groups, members can now transfer existing cover into AGEST Super and members ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Simon Swanson is leaving the Commonwealth Bank of Australia after 30 years at the bank and four and a half years at the helm of CommInsure. Under his tenure, CommInsure became one of the largest insurers in Australia with inforce premiums of $1.5 billion ...

SuperTrace wins Heron award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The SuperTrace Eligible Rollover Fund (SuperTrace) has received a five star quality rating from the Heron Partnership for the second consecutive year. Independent superannuation consultancy The Heron Partnership once again awarded SuperTrace, part of ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The insurance industry can help address underinsurance by moving faster towards simplified disclosure, with fees and commissions displayed prominently in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS). Financial Standard asked some of the country's leading insurers ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
More people are hopping online to get insurance, a new survey shows. A new Allianz survey of 325 of its clients noted that over 80 per cent of its clients did not want to see a financial planner to take out life insurance. The main reasons for choosing ...

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
CommInsure, Aviva and AIG Life recorded 18 per cent or more growth in total risk premium inflows during 2008, around six per cent higher than the market average, according to Plan for Life. The latest report found AIG Life experienced the highest annual ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
CommInsure has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). A Commonwealth Bank of Australia spokesperson said the investment team within the insurer is working on implementing the principles into the firm's process now. ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The $4.9 billion super fund for the mining industry AUSCOAL Super has restructured its insurance to offer members scaleable, age-based cover. According to Bruce Watson, chief executive of AUSCOAL, the new default arrangement means the fund has moved ...