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AMP issues profit warning on insurance claims

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... lapses, and offset by $2 million of other positive experience. Of the claims experience losses, around 50% were income protection. "This reflects the ongoing volatile nature of experience across AMP's insurance portfolio, which has in-force premiums ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Life insurance company AIA Australia has extended its Income Protection benefit to include workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... of the overall risk insurance market compared with 11.9% at 31 December 2011. In-force premium sales on term, income protection and accident insurance were up 15.1%. "Term, income protection and accident insurance business has grown more rapidly than ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Retirement Benefit Fund (RBF) CommInsure has made changes to existing death, total permanent disability (TPD) and income protection products for members of RBF's defined contribution scheme, the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. The product upgrade ...

FSC announces winners of insurance awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... Pioneer Award for taking an active role on BT Protection Plans and the creation of the BT teleclaims service for income protection and trauma insurance customers, both industry-first initiatives. He was also part of the launch of BT's award-winning income ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
CommInsure has come up with a new product that takes income protection one step further, paying totally and permanently disabled clients a 100% of their income. While traditionally insurance companies only pay 75% of income in these cases, CommeInsure ...

Virgin blazes trail with redundancy cover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... book in the past 12 months as more people sign up to get insurance. Last September, the group launched Virgin Income Protection, which has the option to offer "unemployment cover". Those who take up the option are paid a monthly benefit for up to three ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... premiums." This applies to personal insurance inside and outside superannuation, including life and TPD insurance and income protection, he said. Unlike other mortage brokers adopting similar approaches, Coates said rather than use hundreds of possible ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... with retail funds. "There have been increases in basic levels of cover and the introduction of more and more income protection policies," Walker explained. "We believe that much of the increased costs can be attributed to these factors and this is confirmed ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist for the Income Protection Product Award as well as the Service Quality Award. It was also a finalist for the Underwriting and New Business Team of the ...