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AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
AMP Financial Services has appointed Marcello Bertasso as head of underwriting and Warren Page as chief underwriter in its Personal Wealth Protection team. Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... reflects their actual salary level. They can at any time apply for additional cover or income protection by meeting underwriting requirements. They may also fix their cover at a dollar value and pay relevant premiums as they get older. While the majority ...

MLC names insurance leadership team

MLC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... MLC, said the retail insurance operations team would be supported by Aviva Australia's RiskFirst new business and underwriting tool after the acquisition of the firm.

AIA expands product suite

AIA AUSTRALIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... growth by continuing to make it easy for them to do business with us and we continue to look for ways to enhance the underwriting and technology experience."

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... Commended. Groups were assessed across a range of categories including: new business - submissions; new business - underwriting; overall end-to-end new business processing; communications; claims; product offer; commissions; business development and ...

ESI Super pumps up insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... encouraging its new and existing members to take out new income protection cover, provided by AIP, by waiving all underwriting and pre-existing sickness requirements until 29 January 2010. The new partnership with AIP follows ESI Super's recent review ...

TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... has 11,000 members and around $12 million in annual premiums. During the year, the group improved its electronic underwriting service, Accelerated Protection, to better serve the planner market. "The work done with Accelerated Protection and its forerunner ...

AXA unveils new group insurance website

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
AXA Australia has launched a new website with live updates on claims and underwriting for its group insurance clients and intermediaries. "Our research showed that access to real-time information is crucial. "So our new website allows clients to view ...

Life insurance from $1 a day

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Life provides a life benefit of up to $1.5 million, and cover starts at as little as $1 per day. It has a simplified underwriting process and no medicals are required. EasyProtect Income is Australia's first online income protection insurance, claims ...

Planners flock to WriteAway

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
CommInsure's electronic application and underwriting service, WriteAway, is proving a hit with the insurer's aligned planners with more than 50 per cent of insurance business being written through the service. WriteAway, which was launched by CommInsure ...