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Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

AXA ramps up million-dollar insurance strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... business rising 23 per cent to $58 million and the firm now ranked in the top four across product, new business and underwriting categories. Roughly 18 months ago, Michael Rogers, general manager of financial protection at AXA, announced the firm was ...

RetireInvest hires national risk manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... year. Fullagar brings with him experience in risk insurance experience having at various times headed up claims, underwriting, administration and product development. "This appointment reflects the increased significance of risk in RetireInvest's growth ...

ING OneAnswer taps online insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... manage group life insurance applications for their OneAnswer Personal Super clients. The new process uses an intuitive underwriting rules engine to enable faster processing of applications. The adviser steps a client through a series of reflexive questions ...

AMP service speeds up underwriting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... AMP has unveilled a new process to slash the time to access medical records, freeing up a major roadblock in the underwriting process. AMP chief underwriter Bernadene Gordon said that the new phone-based service, TeleDr, would dramatically reduce underwriting ...

UCSuper appoints IUS as insurer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Uniting Church Superannuation Plan has appointed International Underwriting Services as its new insurer. UCSuper, which had $244 in funds under management at 31 December last year according to Rainmaker Information, signed a deal to bring on IUS ...

AIA appoints head of group operations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
AIA Australia has appointed Margaret Canavan as head of group operations. The role will manage the company's underwriting, administration and claims functions within the Group Insurance sector. Canavan joined AIA Australia in 2004 bringing with her ...

Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... of premiums on their disposable income." The firm's insurance products are available via the Riskfirst electronic underwriting system. Hannah said financial advisers had cut their application time from 30 days to around 30 minutes as a result of the ...

CommInsure launches insurance WriteAway

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... WriteAway, a new straight through processing platform for risk insurance that could provide financial planners with an underwriting decision within 20 to 30 minutes. The group said that following a review of existing insurance platforms, WriteAway's ...

Aon upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... lowered, the minimum level of default cover for death and TPD has risen by 5 per cent and the trust has changed its underwriting requirements to process applications faster. All these enhancements come after Aon Master Trust initiated its insurance transfer ...