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Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... adding that the life insurance continues to show strong growth. The report also found that the average life insurance premiums written by planners in 2010 rose by 37 per cent to $99,000 with risk advice now contributing 32 per cent of average practice ...

MLC acquires remaining Meritum stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... current roles. Meritum has over $3.5 billion in funds under management and in excess of $45 million in annual insurance premiums inforce. It employs around 110 financial advisers nationally.

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... income protection insurance for First State Super's 380,000 fund members. According to an ASX statement, annual insurance premiums are expected to exceed $75 million. The deal will see Tower cement its place as a key top three insurer in the group insurance ...

MLC stars in NAB $4.2bn profit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
NAB's acquisition of Aviva, double digit insurance premiums growth and improved investment markets have helped MLC and NAB Wealth become key contributors to the bank's $4.2 billion net profit this year. NAB announced this morning a 19.3 per cent increase ...

Netwealth LifeWRAP goes live

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... opened up across a number of adviser networks. Developed with AIA Australia, investors will be able to pay their insurance premiums through their platform cash accounts with access to AIA's Priority Protection plans. Matt Heine, executive director, netwealth ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... retail life insurance offering, including the ability for customers to use their super fund to pay for their insurance premiums. As part of a partnership between CommInsure and Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms, customers will ...

Netwealth partners with AIA on insurance

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Protection plans will be available to netwealth Investment Wrap platform investors, enabling them to pay the insurance premiums from their platform cash account as well as view all their insurance details online via netwealth. LifeWRAP gives advisers ...

Infocus FUM grows to $3bn

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... increasing Infocus' base to 75 branches and driving a 20 per cent rise in revenue and 41.4 per cent increase in insurance premiums. Infocus founder and managing director Darren Steinhardt attributed the increase to the realistic tools and strategies ...

GESB unveils opt-in insurance for casuals

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... mean casuals will not have automatic basic cover unless they choose to adopt cover. a It means, though, that insurance premiums will not be deducted from their account balances. "GEBS introduced these changes based on feedback from our members who are ...

Ban insurance commissions in super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... advisers paid by trailing commissions, noted the panel. "In the panel's view, commissions add unnecessarily to the insurance premiums that members pay," noted the review. Most retail super funds offer insurance, with many of these reaching up to 35 per ...