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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
... pay 3 cents per day to get $50,000 Death cover and $50,000 TPD cover which gradually reduces by $10,000 each year. CommInsure is AUSCOAL Super's insurer. AUSCOAL's insurance overhaul mirrors a similar model introduced by industry fund REST Super. At ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... category, Investment Bonds, with data drawn from Plan For Life's 2008 Insurance Bonds Report. The inaugural winner was CommInsure for both the Investment Bonds Award and the Insurance Investment Bonds Award. Lifeplan took the gong for the Friendly Society ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... bonds are no longer just "traditional" capital guaranteed or balanced option investments. Product providers such as CommInsure, ING, AMP and MLC are increasingly tweaking their products to have access to different asset classes such as Australian equities ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... the Realindex RAFI funds, the FirstChoice Emerging Markets multi manager option was also added to the platform. The CommInsure insurance product's application form is now simpler and shorter, which means it can be approved faster for clients who answer ...

Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Clients can tailor investments based on sustainable, ethical or other considerations. Avanteos also teamed up with CommInsure to launch its new insurance product, LifeProtect, in November.

ANZIIF launches website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... an issue that is vital to the long term success and development of the industry." The program is sponsored by QBE, CommInsure, Munich Re, Sparke Helmore in Australia, IAG NZ, Vero and AMI in New Zealand.

Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... approach of many top Australian insurers which use financial advisers to provide life insurance. In May, Clive Levinthal, CommInsure general manager of life, super and investment products, said the firm was not looking to launch a direct to market online ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... larger balances are contacted to confirm the proposed transfer," Warren Fawcett, manager of AUSfund said. Meanwhile, CommInsure's SuperTrace Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF) has reunited over 100,000 members with their super and paid out almost $147 million ...