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Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Pending remuneration changes in the life insurance industry has led to Asteron Life launching its upgraded adviser service fee facility. The enhanced facility enables an automated collection and payment service for advice fees charged to clients, which ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... competition and promote vertical integration in retail life insurance. At the same time, insurers such as AIA Australia and Asteron Life have been working closely with licensees to develop new insurance product models that better-align with the new framework ...

Asteron creates LIF-ready adviser commissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Asteron Life has announced a new selection of adviser commission options for its life insurance products. The new options are customised commission rates, new hybrid rates or wholesale rates for fee-for-service models. The customised rate includes a ...

Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every state. It found that 90% of respondents ...

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Financial Services has been awarded the 2015 AFA Excellence in Education Award. The award, which is sponsored by Asteron Life, is now in its eighth year. It recognises advisers who are continually investing in themselves, their staff, their businesses ...

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. ...