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IAG & NRMA fund rejigs insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
The IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan has re-appointed CommInsure as its insurer, repriced its insurance premiums and is boosting social, environmental and corporate governance strategies following its signing of the UN PRI. The plan, which had $805 million ...

CommInsure launches insurance WriteAway

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
CommInsure has launched WriteAway, a new straight through processing platform for risk insurance that could provide financial planners with an underwriting decision within 20 to 30 minutes. The group said that following a review of existing insurance ...

Better insurance tech from IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
CommInsure and IRESS have unveilled a new service that includes real-time insurance premium validation and the delivery of in-force policy information to the adviser desktop. The initiative will allow advisers to confirm the premium returned by IRESS' ...

NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... 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 from Plan for Life note that for the 2008 calendar year, NAB/MLC Group garnered 12 ...

AGEST Super upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... income protection cover from the fund. The fund's insurance premiums have not changed as a result of the enhancement. CommInsure provides group insurance cover to the fund's members, according to Rainmaker. AGEST Super also revamped the fund's website ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... 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 across ...

SuperTrace wins Heron award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... activity. SuperTrace secured the perfect 10 in the final category. Clive Levinthal, general manager of product management, CommInsure said SuperTrace's five-pronged relocation strategy has reunited over 160,000 people over the last two years with more ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... statements but the insurance premium is not counted in standard fee comparisons. Simon Swanson, managing director at CommInsure, said that the IT systems are already in place where advisers can dial down commissions but pointed out that people need to ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Marketing of the Year (Open) Winner Barry Wyatt - AXA Australia Finalists Allyson Lowbridge - Bell Direct Michael Browne - CommInsure Carly Loder - BT Financial Group Best Website of the Year (Superannuation) Winner www.individuum.com.au - Individuum ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... increasingly paramount role in guiding clients through the life insurance maze. Simon Swanson, managing director of CommInsure, flags that financial advisers remained one of its key distribution channels for insurance, and that the online insurance phenomenon ...