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AIA and Nest launch accelerator program

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
AIA Group Limited has announced the launch of a 12-week accelerator program to support innovative businesses and entrepreneurs. The initiative is a collaborative effort between AIA and Nest, a Hong Kong based investment incubator led by Simon Squibb. ...

Former Moody's analyst guilty of insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... International Airport by Babcock & Brown. Joffe communicated this information to Stromer and procured him to acquire 29,580 shares of AIA. Joffe has also admitted that between 20 and 27 September 2006 he communicated inside information relating to upcoming ...

Insurance inflows up 12.9% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... MetLife experienced the highest annual growth (113.8%) and was the fourth largest group insurer in Australia by premium inflows. AIA Australia was first, with a market share of 26.2% and inflows of $1,400.36 million, followed by TAL Group, which saw ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC to offer life insurance cover to its 800,000 members. As a part of the agreement, two new life insurance products - RAC Life Protect and RAC Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... appointed Tim Tez to the newly-created role of chief product and marketing officer. Tez was previously chief marketing officer at AIA. MetLife chief executive Deanne Stewart said of Tez's appointment: "The role signifies the importance MetLife is placing ...

Damien Mu elected to FSC board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
AIA chief executive Damien Mu has been elected to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Mu has been with AIA since 2007, and was appointed as chief executive in July this year. Prior to his time at AIA Mu was operations manager for AustralianSuper ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... rising claims with sustainable premiums for members is the greatest challenge that the sector is facing at the moment, an AIA Australia survey has found. Most superannuation fund and insurance companies' execs and employees who took part in the survey ...

IOOF embeds insurance panel to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... has launched a panel of retail insurers that advisers can choose from when looking for tailored offerings for their clients. AIA Australia's Priority Protection, TAL's Accelerated Protection and Zurich's Wealth Protection are the products ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... super fund insurance mandate movements and pricing increases. TAL's performance saw it take the top spot for market share from AIA Australia. The former now has 26% of the market versus 24.4% from AIA. Inflows into the Lump Sum sub-market grew by 7.2% ...

Advisers use more insurers, but main provider still key: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... through their most-used provider. The top five insurance providers by number of primary planner relationships are: OnePath, AMP, AIA Australia, BT Life and TAL. "The top five insurance providers now account for 66% of primary planner relationships, up ...