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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 ...

MLC appoints new GM for retail business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... operations. In his new role Garino is responsible for driving service and operations across the new business and underwriting, in-force administration and insurance capability teams at MLC Insurance. Garino has more than 20 years experience in financial ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... 10% across all insurers and a 16% fall in the most expensive premium charged. Clive Levinthal, head of product and underwriting for ClearView praised a highly competitive advisory market for improving prices for consumers. "The falls can be partly attributed ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... KPMG. KPMG's General Insurance Survey 2012 found that gross written premiums increased 8.3% to $28,602 million, while underwriting surplus fell from $1,229 million to a deficit of $438 million. The survey also showed that the country's insurers achieved ...

Mac Life expands claims and underwriting team

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Macquarie Life has made two new hires in its underwriting and claims teams. Tony Baker will take on the role of financial risk manager and will provide specialist expertise and support to advisers on financial underwriting and claims cases. In addition ...

AMP launches group insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... together the features from the stand-alone AMP and AXA group products, such as a minimum plan size of 10 and relaxing underwriting requirement for larger plans. Bergin explained that offering a low minimum plan size means AMP Group Insurance can fulfill ...