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Direct insurance races for advised market share

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... frequent flyer points. When it comes to risk mitigation, direct insurers select the best prospects by combining implicit underwriting, excluded ages and benefit types. Plan For Life is expecting to release the full research on June 2013.

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... Affinia network on all matters across our approved product list (APL) in relation to claims, technical product advice, underwriting and the overall advice process. Head of Affinia, Craig Parker said: "This position will play a significant role in the ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... members to easily alter the level of coverage held within their super account using a simple application and without underwriting when they have a significant life event such as getting married or having a child." If members with income protection are ...

Zurich appoints chief underwriting officer

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Zurich has appointed an insurance veteran to the role of chief underwriting officer. Hong Kong-based Philip Anderson, currently Zurich's head of protection business development for Asia Pacific and the Middle East (APME), returns to Australia to take ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... finalist for the Income Protection Product Award as well as the Service Quality Award. It was also a finalist for the Underwriting and New Business Team of the Year - a new award introduced this year. OnePath and BT Financial Group were runners up for ...

Clive Levinthal moves from Clearview to Experien

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... become chief executive of Experien Insurance Services. Levinthal was head of wealth and life insurance products and underwriting at Clearview Wealth for nearly three years. Prior to that he worked for CommInsure for 11 years, reaching the position of ...

Citibank appoints head of credit acceptance

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... services at ING Direct, an organisation she had been with for the past decade. Vasu Rao said "Joanne is a seasoned underwriting operations professional who has partnered with product teams and risk management to deliver superior customer experiences. ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... attributes Macquarie Life's high satisfaction rating to its product quality, BDM support, being easy to deal with and its underwriting support. BDM and underwriting support were identified by advisers as two of the areas which had the most influence ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... being squeezed, but the investment returns insurers generate from traditional fixed-income assets - to match their underwriting liabilities - are now harder to access at attractive risk-to-reward levels," he said. He added that the on-going asset purchase ...

Euler Hermes appoints Chris Doube CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... May 2012, he was country manager of Coface Australia, and most recently served as general manager of Trade Credit Underwriting Agency at National Credit Insurance Brokers (NCI). An Australian national, DoubA(C) holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics ...