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AXA upgrades insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... could benefit from the latest round of AXA enhancements on its insurance product. AXA recently unveilled a host of underwriting changes to its insurance offer, with financial protection as the key driver of change. According to AXA head of individual ...

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Insurance underwriting will become less of a headache for financial planners after key insurers introduced automated underwriting into their products, a major leap from the days of error-prone rate books and simple quotation software. Only three years ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... and improved life expectancies - rendering the old scale irrelevant. "Members can now obtain higher cover, without underwriting, when they experience a significant life event, such as a new baby, mortgage or marriage. They will also be able to increase ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... advisers were then surveyed to analyse each insurance company's services across various categories: New Business and Underwriting, Claims, Business Support to Advisers and Quotation Systems. "These awards are about recognising excellence in the market ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Tower Australia is looking to upgrade its Accelerate offering in 2009 by fine-tuning its tele-underwriting service to churn out decisions in less than three days. According to Brett Yardley, head of offer strategy at Tower, development projects for ...

Master trusts and industry funds drive risk growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... their risk insurance. Greater communication between super funds and their members, improved technology, enhanced auto-underwriting and product design are also expected to fuel this growth, the research found. Overall, the total life risk insurance market ...

Climate change takes priority: Zurich

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... issues are incorporated into the firm's policies and products. The Climate Office has been embedded into Zurich's underwriting process to ensure climate change issues are acknowledged across the firm's businesses and products.

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... participation, we look forward to continuing to work with our joint venture partner to grow the business and strengthen its underwriting performance. We'll do this through further penetration of the joint venture's distribution network and diversification ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... process," said Jason Fowler, Principal of FYG Planners. In addition to the Cover Availability enhancement, a Medical Underwriting Limits tool has been incorporated in IQM+, allowing advisers to generate dynamic medical underwriting requirements specific ...

Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... its major shareholder, Dai-ichi Life. Jim Minto, TOWER Australia managing director, said the insurer's electronic underwriting product Accelerate was an example of the firm's commitment to the life insurance market. In addition, Minto said the firm's ...