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Life powers Chinese insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... according to research from credit agency Dagong. Dagong's report showed that life insurance represented 62.7% of gross premiums written at the end of 2014. Similarly, growth of Chinese life insurance was 18% in 2014, compared to 8% the previous year. ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... on savings. To be considered money savvy you would also need to correctly answer questions around topics such as the premiums paid on life insurance for being a smoker and whether you can deduct income protection premiums on your tax return. The national ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Sustainability of premiums in group life insurance is the biggest issue facing the industry, according to research by AIA Australia. AIA surveyed 105 respondents in the insurance and superannuation industries at its Group Insurance Summit in August ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... honours in providing outstanding value overall across the life insurance categories." TAL was highlighted for its low premiums for customers in their 20s, and reducing premiums for those in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Zurich, meanwhile, received praise for ...

TAL weighs obesity risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
Australian life insurer TAL has reviewed the country's increasing prevalence of obesity and has adjusted its premiums accordingly. Premium loadings will now be charged for overweight and obese customers who may have been previously accepted at standard ...

Difficult year for insurance income: CBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... $9.1 billion cash profit for the past financial year and insurance income was down 13% to $503 million. Annual inforce premiums for retail life insurance were $888 million for the year, down from $895 million in 2014. Retail life insurance income was ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... building workers with higher risk of death or injury. Last year Cbus received 1800 insurance claims and increased its premiums A to reflect that risk. As part of the new deal Cbus will also introduce a "professional" scale of cover and provide access ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Additionally, AdviserLogic has updated RiskLogic's user interface along with provisioning for multi-life discounts, adjustment of premiums for commission rebating, flexi-linking and premium projection. "The enhanced analysis allows advisers to identify ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... for their day-to-day expenses - like medical bills and their mortgages. Most superannuation account holders also pay premiums so that they have access through their superannuation to insurance benefits including life insurance and total and permanent ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... for life insurance churn is "Australia's love-affair with yearly renewable premium rates." Trapnell said that because premiums become more expensive year-on-year (as they are priced age-appropriately), clients will often request that advisers find "a ...