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Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Australia's leading insurers following its ownership change and a spate of significant wins in the superannuation group insurance space. According to Rainmaker, TOWER is hot on the heels of AIA to become the leading group insurer in Australia after winning ...

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... the 56th cheapest workplace super fund and WestScheme the 59th cheapest. Both funds already use TOWER Group for group insurance, which also offers integration advantages.

HIP stands firm on investment strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... equity markets that is the balancing point." It has been an active time for the fund after appointing MLC as its group insurance provider in November and enhancing its insurance benefits. Through its relationship with MLC, HIP has introduced new offers ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... biggest insurer, OnePath Life, has 19 per cent market share. AIA's contract comes a month after another large group insurance mandate was handed to Tower Australia from the $20 billion First State Super. Tower expects the deal to generate $75 million-plus ...

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... are expected to exceed $75 million. The deal will see Tower cement its place as a key top three insurer in the group insurance sector with 17.4 per cent market share, and 2.9 million members covered for death and TPD. This is up from its current 14 per ...

OnePath launches OneCare on super platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... its OneCare insurance product onto its Oasis Asset Management platform, providing both retail and traditional group insurance options in super. Oasis, a specialist wholesale administration wrap platform, launched OneCare insurance in response to demand ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... Meanwhile, the direct business maintains its market leader position with 100 per cent ownership of InsuranceLine. The group insurance arm also underwent through a number of new initiatives and enhancements. During the financial year, Tower has formed ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The $500 million-plus Health Industry Plan has appointed MLC as its group insurance provider and improved its insurance benefits for members. According to a letter from chairman Anthony Wallace, MLC's appointment coincides with increases in death cover ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... standard insurance rates unless companies are big enough to negotiate customised deals, according Rainmaker's 2010 Group Insurance and Super Fund Fee surveys. The Institute of Public Affairs in an occasional research paper released in April this year ...

MLC and HIP partner in insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
MLC Group Insurance has partnered with Health Industry Plan (HIP) to develop group insurance enhancements for the fund's members, including a 20 per cent rise in death cover benefits. The new partnership will see HIP members receive an increase of death ...