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Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Asteron and Aviva were the joint awardees of this year's 2008 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. Challenger, which last year acquired the annuities portfolio of AXA, was named the ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Modern-day insurance bonds are now catching the eyes of advisers as the sector revamps itself with more specialist investment options. According to Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, insurance bonds are no longer ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Colonial First State is supercharging its FirstChoice platform with the addition of a government guaranteed cash deposit product, four Realindex RAFI funds and an enhanced range of insurance service. The platform's new FirstRate Saver includes no ongoing ...

Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Avanteos is building on its direct equities service and launching its managed account product to provide greater transparency and flexibility for financial planners. The managed account's first phase is an individually managed account (IMA) product ...

ANZIIF launches website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) is launching a website to encourage young insurance professionals to get involved with industry events and new developments. The institute's website is part of the Generation ...

Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
UK based Barclays Bank penned a deal with Norwich Union to provide life insurance products for the retail market online, a strategy which contrasts the approach of many Australian insurance firms. The deal means Barclays will offer both level and decreasing ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...

SuperTrace cuts fees and jazzes website

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
SuperTrace Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF) has axed benefit payment fees and unveiled a new online search function to help customers find and consolidate lost and inactive super accounts. SuperTrace confirmed that it is eliminating all direct member fees ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The franchising industry may seem worlds apart from financial planning but Commonwealth Bank has found a way to tap into the franchising model to better serve the banking needs of dealer groups. Last October, Commonwealth Bank launched a specialist ...

CommInsure halves insurance PDS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
CommInsure has reduced the product disclosure statement (PDS) of its Personal Insurance Portfolio product by half, slashing 28 pages off the document. The firm's Personal Insurance Portfolio PDS has been reduced from 56 to 28 pages and, in addition ...