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Direct insurance races for advised market share

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Direct insurance is already having an impact on the advisory market share, with direct companies offering similar products at a lower cost. Direct risk companies currently hold 24.2% of the market share, right behind non-aligned dealers, which hold ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Australia is slated to hold a regulatory update with a panel discussion featuring APRA member Ian Laughlin and IAG direct insurance chief executive Andy Cornish. No major equities news is expected on Tuesday. In Australia, the market on Monday finished ...

Tackling direct insurance head on

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
A strong value proposition is the key to reducing the threat of online direct insurers that advisers currently face, as well as preventing customers from making bad choices, according to industry experts. Participating in a life insurance panel discussion ...

NRMA partners with TAL for life insurance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... will be of the same high standard the firm applies to its own business." He added that as a market leader in the direct insurance space, TAL has a history of successfully partnering with non-life insurance businesses to provide greater access to life ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... Brad Clarke, head of insurance strategy for Oliver Wyman who co-authored the report. Nevertheless, Clarke said direct insurance sales are going to keep growing and insurers and intermediaries need to adjust to this and create a market position. "But ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... future and to win consumer support from those people who choose to transact directly. "John's expertise in running direct insurance businesses and direct marketing functions will be of huge importance in helping shape TAL's direct insurance customer ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... hire candidates from direct insurers as they expand their business locally. "What we're hearing is that many direct insurance candidates aspire to work in reinsurance because the roles are perceived to be more technically complex, offering more professional ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... contributed, he said "Nowadays there is more advertising by direct insurers," he said. "There is more availability of direct insurance online for example by Macquarie and OnePath. Companies like Real Insurance advertise a lot more." He said the forthcoming ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... total revenue with a lot of growth expected in that area. He said the planners from Total Financial Solutions direct insurance business to Count Financial. "That will continue to be a growth area with the underinsurance problem in Australia," he said. ...