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Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
Nominations for the Asteron Life and the Association of Financial Advisers' annual Excellence in Education Award are now open. Celebrating its 10th year, the award recognises financial advisers who demonstrate professionalism and commitment to further ...

Life insurance satisfaction declines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... insurance with their existing company, only 35.3% said they would be 'extremely likely' to renew with the same company. Asteron Life has the highest customer satisfaction among the largest risk and life insurers with 78.1%, up 10.6% points from last ...

AFA excellence in education award winner revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and Asteron Life have presented the 2016 AFA Excellence in Education Award this morning. Ascent Wealth Management's Stephen Nielsen was presented the award, while Steve Dobson of Mal Dobson & Associates was awarded ...

Zurich vet joins SuiteBox

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... appointed regional sales manager, Asia Pacific at SuiteBox. Prior to Zurich, Marshall was a key account manager at Asteron Life. He has also held roles at AXA, Stellar Financial Advisers, Trust Company, NAB and NRMA. Marshall said: "It's an exciting ...

FPA makes key policy and membership appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... the role of policy manager. Diamantes previously headed the technical services divisions at institutions including Asteron Life, Midwinter Financial Services and Zurich. He has over 10 years' of policy experience and will focus on promoting the interests ...

Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Pending remuneration changes in the life insurance industry has led to Asteron Life launching its upgraded adviser service fee facility. The enhanced facility enables an automated collection and payment service for advice fees charged to clients, which ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... competition and promote vertical integration in retail life insurance. At the same time, insurers such as AIA Australia and Asteron Life have been working closely with licensees to develop new insurance product models that better-align with the new framework ...

Asteron creates LIF-ready adviser commissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Asteron Life has announced a new selection of adviser commission options for its life insurance products. The new options are customised commission rates, new hybrid rates or wholesale rates for fee-for-service models. The customised rate includes a ...

Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every state. It found that 90% of respondents ...

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Financial Services has been awarded the 2015 AFA Excellence in Education Award. The award, which is sponsored by Asteron Life, is now in its eighth year. It recognises advisers who are continually investing in themselves, their staff, their businesses ...