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AIA moves to integrate retail offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
AIA Australia has launched Platform Investor Protect - a new service that integrates the insurer's flagship retail product, Priority Protection, onto an investment platform for the first time. AIA said in a statement that clients would benefit by being ...

Insurers post double-digit growth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... followed by National Australia/MLC (13.4 per cent), AMP (12.2 per cent), ING Australia and BT/Westpac both at 11 per cent, and AIA Australia (10.8 per cent). Despite the positive figures, overall sales in the risk market fell by 6.7 per cent from $2.16 ...

AIA to list, names new chief

PRESS RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... American International Group (AIG) pushes ahead with the IPO of its Asian life subsidiary, American International Assurance (AIA), and names a former Prudential chief executive as the division's new head. AIA will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...

Aviva, AMP and CommInsure top insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... adviser needs," said Cobb. Meanwhile, Tower's tele-underwriting services were rated as the best among all the insurers surveyed. AIA won the top gong for the simplest and fastest online applications. During 2009 all but 1 of the 10 leading insurers surveyed ...

Prudential scraps AIG deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... follows a statement from the company two days ago that said it was backing away from negotiations to buy AIG's Asian business AIA. That same statement said the termination agreement required Prudential to pay AIG the break fee in full, which was estimated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... for the metal. But Prudential rose 1.9 per cent on news that the British insurer had axed its takeover of AIG's Asian unit, AIA, following a shareholder revolt over the proposed deal. The Hang Seng Index dropped 25.15 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 19,471.8. ...

Prudential halts AIA talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010

AIA appoints head of adviser services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
AIA Australia has appointed former TOWER Australia manager, Pina Sciarrone, as head of adviser services, individual life. Sciarrone previously worked as state sales manager for Victoria/Tasmania at TOWER Australia. Prior to joining TOWER, she worked ...

Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... and has worked less than 15 hours per week (averaged over three consecutive months before claiming), the fund and insurer AIA will assess the claim against a member's additional cover (if any) under the 'Activities of Daily Living' definition. A member ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
The $850 million Perpetual Select Super Plan has terminated its insurance mandate with ING Australia and appointed AIA as its new insurer - a move that saw the plan cut premium rates by up to 40 per cent for some members. Perpetual's decision to take ...