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Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... insurers who can attract and retain clients from other fund segments who are coming out on top, especially new retail platforms. AIA and CommInsure are the largest insurers by number of fund clients (23), followed by TAL (22), MetLife (20), OnePath and ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... risk income at $2.4 billion. AMP saw the highest amount of inflows for risk income and individual lump sum premiums, while AIA Australia was the strongest performer in the group risk sub-market. This news follows recent comments by the Australian Prudential ...

AIA appoints New Zealand head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Life insurer AIA has named the person to replace Wayne Besant as chief executive for its New Zealand business. Former AIA Australia chief group insurance officer Natalie Cameron commences in the role on 8 June. Besant, meanwhile, is heading to South ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... owners are able to increase their life insurance without providing evidence of health via a new product recently launched by AIA Australia. The life insurer's new Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners to increase ...

Life insurance risk inflows reach $14.2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... report shows all companies experienced increases in their risk business with the highest percentage growth rate recorded by AIA at 24.2% to $1.8 billion. This was followed by TAL (17.9% to $2.2 billion); BT/Westpac (15% to $837 million); MetLife (10.1% ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Income Care Plus Plan. Risk Product Innovation winner was BT Financial Group's Key Person Income Insurance. Finalists were AIA's Transition to Hybrid Program, Asteron's Asteron Life Plus - On Line Health Check and Macquarie's Sponsorship of Stroke Solidarity ...

AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
AIA operating profit after tax was up 16% to US$2.91 billion for the year ended 30 November 2014. The Hong Kong-listed insurance company reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The market share consolidation of Australia's four biggest wholesale insurers (TAL, AIA Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group ...

AIA appoints chief marketing officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a chief marketing officer to lead a team of 41 people across a number of business areas. The life insurer has appointed former GE Capital A&NZ head of marketing and portfolio management Renae Smith to the role. Smith will ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... months to September 2014. According to the researcher, the top three insurers by premium inflow market share are TAL, AMP and AIA which together control 43% of the market. Two years ago they controlled 40%. However, while TAL and AIA grew their premium ...