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TOWER net profits up 81pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... product and distribution areas. The recent launch of the TOWER Accelerate solution is providing much faster policy underwriting for advisers and clients. "In the group life sector, TOWER Australia continues to invest in building new technology capability ...

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... personal statement online and a "quote engine" was created allowing planners to track applications throughout the underwriting process. The online short form application form will be launched tomorrow and allows to financial advisers with clients that ...

Advisers endorse rural insurance top guns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... the regional workforce. "We identified these three [insurance providers] as displaying a bit more patience with the underwriting side of things, noting that some of these farmers live two or three hours from medical facilities so it takes a while to ...

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Aviva Australia has improved its medical and financial underwriting services by removing the need for financial advisers to include an accountant's signature, regardless of the sum insured. According to the firm, if the sum insured is less than $3 million ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... Globally, cancer rates are rising partly because of changing longevity rates. In Australia, Phil Collins, International Underwriting Services (IUS) general manager of life said that genetic testing would not be an issue for group insurance, but perhaps ...

Macq Life amps up FutureWise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... have made improvements to our trauma product, creating a new offering called Trauma Plus, while also expanding our underwriting limits so fewer advisers need to send their clients for additional medical testing," said head of Macquarie Life, Justin Delaney. ...

Tower launches Accelerate

... launched Accelerate, an online insurance service which it claims saves advisers time and money by speeding up the underwriting process. It took two years in development and close to six months in pilot with several hundred advisers but the group said ...

IAG restructures and jumps on web

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... businesses, revamp its direct insurance arm and will soon launch a separate online outfit. IAG is merging its commercial underwriting unit CGU and Business Partnerships division to create Intermediated Insurance - an arm that includes all Australian ...

B&B recapitalises Tricom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Brown confirms that it has increased its existing exposure of $35 million to a maximum of $40 million, following an underwriting of an extra $5 million in funds. The maximum exposure has so far trickled down to $37.5 million. The recapitalisation takes ...

AMP easywrite eases insurance pain

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... cut the time it takes to apply for a lump sum insurance policy for their clients by a third, after AMP updated its underwriting service. The automated service, easywrite, allows planners or customers to complete an application form online or over the ...