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Media Super pushes into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... starting to feed money back into Australian equities, searching for a chief investment officer and finalising a new group insurance contract. Fresh from the merger between PRINT SUPER and JUST SUPER, Ross Martin, chief executive at Media Super, said ...

AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
AIG Life appointed Craig Extrem as national manager, client markets - group insurance. He joins AIG Life from TOWER Australia where he worked as head of sales - group risk since April 2006. Extrem also worked at Prefsure, Lumley Life and Colonial in ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... managed in an independent insulated trust - show premium revenue across the company grew 65 per cent during 2008-09. Group insurance premiums jumped twice as fast at 122 per cent. "Our clients and partners were obviously concerned mainly with whether ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... launched its online underwriting system allowing advisers with their client to apply for or increase the level of group insurance within minutes through its platform. This system was developed and provided by Skandia's insurer, Tower. "Accelerate is ...

Telstra Super members gain rebate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Almost 30,000 Telstra Super members will receive a rebate on their group insurance premiums after lower than expected claim levels with the fund's insurer, TOWER Australia over the past three years. Telstra Super's deal with TOWER Australia means the ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... joined forces with REST to develop the new package. This is also good news for AIG, which was reappointed the group insurance provider for the $13 billion fund. And so far, all their hard work appears to be paying off. REST has been busy communicating ...

New leaders at BT and Asgard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... has been appointed head of life insurance, Brendan Tobin, head of general insurance, Charles Holland, head of group insurance and Peter Morgan, head of lenders mortgage insurance. Asgard's Dean Thomas will lead the transformation and integration program ...

Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Accelerate was an example of the firm's commitment to the life insurance market. In addition, Minto said the firm's group insurance division continued to gain new mandates. TOWER Australia's net profit after tax rose almost 70 per cent to $68.7 million. ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
AXA Australia group insurance clients are set to benefit from a raft of enhancements across definitions, cover limits and technological capabilities. As a result of the improvements, AXA's maternity and paternity leave cover was improved to provide ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Skandia enhanced its platform to include online straight through processing (STP) group insurance, allowing advisers to easily and accurately provide the service without lots of paperwork. The system's STP tool allows advisers to track the status of ...