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TAL appoints Macquarie and AMP vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... with key regulators. Prior to TAL, she was head of product - legal at AMP. She has also held roles at Freehills and Asteron Life. "Anne is a very experienced senior wealth management lawyer and is highly regarded in the industry for both her technical ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... moving to a hybrid commission model in April, Fortnum adopting hybrid and fee-for-service in May and Suncorp-owned Asteron Life considering "alternative" commissions structures at around the same time. While there is a clear push towards reducing upfront ...

Challenger appoints technical services head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... head of technical services to support advisers. Andrew Lowe was previously a principal consultant at Suncorp-owned Asteron Life and has also held technical positions at ANZ Wealth and ING. At Challenger, he will report to general manager, advice services ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... in a gamut of life insurers to adopt, or at least consider, hybrid commission structures comes from Suncorp-owned Asteron Life. Following recent announcements by Centrepoint Alliance, AMP, Fortnum, Findex and Centric Wealth, Asteron Life is reportedly ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... was BT Financial Group's Key Person Income Insurance. Finalists were AIA's Transition to Hybrid Program, Asteron's Asteron Life Plus - On Line Health Check and Macquarie's Sponsorship of Stroke Solidarity String. Investment Bond Results winner was CommInsure. ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Summerhayes. He will be responsible for leading the distribution teams at Suncorp Life through its advice business, Asteron Life and the direct insurance business. "The life industry is facing challenging conditions which require fundamental changes ...

Senior Suncorp distribution exec departs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2015
Asteron Life executive general manager of adviser distribution Jordan Hawke will leave Suncorp at the end of January. The company, which is a subsidiary of Suncorp Group, said the senior sales exec intends to take the year off to travel with his family. ...

Asteron ends business relations with 134 rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has stopped distributing its products among 134 rogue advisers last year, executive general manager Jordan Hawke confirmed. "Asteron Life identified 134 advisers last year that actively eroded significant amounts of value out of our business," ...

Asteron appoints Queensland state manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has appointed a former manager from Colonial First State as Queensland state manager. Andrew Howse starts on his new role today and will be reporting to Asteron Life executive manager Mark Vilo. Howse will be responsible for the business' ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... product technical manager, life insurance. Leong was previously technical strategy manager at Suncorp subsidiary Asteron Life. Head of adviser distribution for BT's life insurance division Mitchell Sinclair said of Hannah's appointment: "To attract a ...