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Prudential halts AIA talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010

APRA concedes on life ins data, slaps down friendlies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... on and beating the super funds industry on public disclosure of fund level data, the regulator APRA has bowed to life insurance industry concerns and agreed to not disclose group wide performance metrics. In November 2009 APRA released a discussion paper ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has doubled its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan ...

Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... is expanding aggressively into the Asian market to plug the $4.4 billion hole left by the sale of Aviva Australia's insurance to NAB/MLC. Craig Bingham, chief executive at Aviva Investors Asia Pacific, said the firm is working on making sure the market ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... financial planner could help them. "The untold story is when people don't see a financial planner and don't have adequate insurance, something happens and their family is disadvantaged," he said. Rantall said the financial planning industry must recognise ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... end of March. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, at the firm's first-half profit update, said the group insurance team had successfully integrated the AustralianSuper mandate. TOWER created a Melbourne-based team to focus on managing the ...

Provisio targets intra-fund advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... advisers' needs and simplifying the process for members, he said. The software will support optimisation of contributions, insurance, investment choice and transition to retirement, which now all fall under the scope of the intra-fund advice rules. It ...

Whitten resigns from CFS GAM

S&P RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... the situation and the product ratings. Whitten joined CFS GAM in April 1997. Prior to this, he worked at Australian insurance firm, GIO, before he was appointed director of global resources at Equitilink.

Suncorp names exec manager of life risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... general manager of distribution at Aviva between 2006 and December 2009 and has held a number of senior roles in the insurance and financial services industry for the past 21 years. "Suncorp Life continues to strengthen the depth of our leadership skills ...

Discounted life cover at Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... Plus Option offers Asteron Lifeguard Life Cover policy holders with discounts of up to 20 per cent on their standard insurance premium upon meeting certain criterias. "Our research reveals that a primary customer consideration is finding an insurer that ...