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Advisers need to get wise to insurance turn offs, CommInsure

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... need to do more to switch Australians on to their insurance needs. That's according to Tim Browne, general manager, Retail Advice, CommInsure, who told advisers at Sydney's CommInsure roadshow that underinsurance is one of the biggest issues facing the ...

ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Client preference for scalable advice rather than a holistic approach has lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to propose a replacement regulatory guide. ASIC proposes that its Regulatory Guide 200 (RG 200) be replaced with a new ...

CommInsure hires AMP manager to strengthen retail advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
CommInsure has appointed former AMP Financial Planning regional manager Andrew Kennedy as its new head of retail advice distribution. CommInsure has also appointed Mark Sheldon to the newly-created role of head of business retention and growth, to help ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... believe this is likely to exacerbate underinsurance in Australia,' said Tim Browne, CommInsure's general manager, Retail Advice. According to Weatherhead, direct insurance will get a boost from these reforms due to insurers already having diversified ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... that advisers and their clients have told us are important to them," said Tim Browne, CommInsure's general manager, retail advice.

CommInsure completes business restructure, appoints two GMs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... to head each of CommInsure's new lines of business, which are wholesale life, direct life, super and investments, retail advice, and general insurance. The wholesale life business provides risk products and services to mass market customers through industry ...

CommInsure restructures, appoints Browne as GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... life insurance business, and appointed former general manager of Financial Wisdom, Tim Browne, as general manager, retail advice. The restructure will incorporate a "line of business" approach for each of its dedicated businesses - Retail Advice, Wholesale ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... of life insurance but its retail growth rates had slowed. "We have seen some slowing in growth rates across the retail advice market in the first quarter of 2010 but the outlook remains robust," he said. "TOWER Australia's retail offering is very competitive ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... limited [insurance] online but it's had very little take-up. "We've been focused on growing our wholesale business and retail advice business through advisers and our bank assurance business through Commonwealth Bank and BankWest," said Swanson. Allianz ...

Wizard founder builds Yellow Brick Road

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris and former UBS banker Bryan Davies have joined forces to create new retail advice and wealth management company Yellow Brick Road (YBR). The company will focus on after-tax returns, offering advice, accounting ...