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ANZ launches new life cover for over 50s

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
ANZ is offering capped premiums as part of its new direct life insurance package for over fifties, which is designed to provide immediate post death expense cover. ANZ 50+ Life Cover would provide benefits for funeral costs and unpaid bills up to the ...

CFS creates new distrib role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... at Russell Investments, managing director of ComminK Australia and held roles with the Australian Government in the insurance and superannuation commission and for ASIC as a special adviser. Elkins is also a member of the Australian Government Financial ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Life risk insurance is enjoying steady growth and group risk sales have jumped as large deals change hands, latest figures show. Risk premium inflows increased to $9.5 billion in the year to March, an increase of 10.4% over the $8.6 billion collected ...

ANZ gains head of wealth marketing in newly expanded role

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
ANZ has appointed the former general marketing manager of insurance company InsuranceLine as head of wealth marketing in a newly expanded position. Bettina Pidcock, who has also held marketing leadership positions at Asgard/St George, MLC and Westpac ...

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Zurich has kick-started the new financial year, releasing a fully formed insurance offering designed for greater client retention and hybrid policy cover, with plans for new applications within weeks. Assessing its policyholder trends, Zurich found ...

TAL continues insurance upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
TAL, formally Tower Australia, continues to reshape its insurance products, offering new features on its group life products to streamline adviser processes. TAL's group life and group salary continuance product offerings for the corporate market now ...

Older people seek more financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... have a mortgage and children. "They seek advice because they're worried something might happen," he said. "They seek insurance and they use their super to fund their premiums because they are cash poor." Diggin said he had seen a tendency for older people ...

Tower upgrades quoting systems

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... Retail Life, Tower, said the insurer spoke to risk advisers for feedback on what upgrades were necessary in today's insurance market for a streamlined new business process. As a result, the new features give advisers the ability to enter data directly ...

Consultant warns super funds on alternative rush

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... many cases and pretty ordinary returns compared to BHP," said Condon. The former MLC chief investment officer described insurance linked securities such as catastrophe bonds, essentially providing capital to the reinsurance market when it really needs ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Future-proof your retirement A, AXA Australia - AXA - North managing risks in retirement A, BT Financial Group - BT Insurance - life lessons A, Challenger - "Real Stories" Best Direct Mail of the Year (Print Division) Winner: CommInsure - Top up campaign ...