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Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... our own databases everyday," he said. "For instance I believe we are going to capture electronically all of our clients' medical details, and we're going to pool that information into an electronic application form. From there we're just going to press ...

Macq Life imports underwriting and claims head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Previously, Phillips founded one of South Africa's top five life insurance firm's, Discovery Life, and held the role of chief medical officer and head of underwriting within the company. Phillips began her career as a medical doctor and spent more than ...

AIG Life promotes two

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... insurance. In other news, AIG Life is donating $1.04 million to the AIG Disaster Relief Fund to assist humanitarian and medical efforts in China's earthquake ravaged Sichuan province. "AIG's Disaster Relief Fund, which is a not-for-profit entity funded ...

Westscheme awards $10m private equity mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... The biomedical-centric fund manager was awarded the mandate as Westscheme turned its attention to Australia's burgeoning medical research space. "Brandon came into our attention as a manager in the biomedical space and we had appointed Brandon in the ...

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... distribution, said the entire online short form process would take approximately two days to process unless further questions or medical tests are required. "Legislation still requires the short form application to be printed out and signed by the client. ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... People lose interest through the process, once it gets hard people tend to not go through with it, so by reducing the medical requirements advisers are able to do more," said Eckersall.

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... the Treasurer Swan and Health Minister Roxon are about as bad as it gets and reinforce why groups like the Australian Medical Association were not invited to the 2020 Summit. So what are the take-outs for superannuation and wealth management especially ...

Advisers endorse rural insurance top guns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... bit more patience with the underwriting side of things, noting that some of these farmers live two or three hours from medical facilities so it takes a while to get the information to them," said Gledhill. Williams said Australia's underinsurance problem ...

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Aviva Australia has improved its medical and financial underwriting services by removing the need for financial advisers to include an accountant's signature, regardless of the sum insured. According to the firm, if the sum insured is less than $3 million ...

Macq Life amps up FutureWise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... Trauma Plus, while also expanding our underwriting limits so fewer advisers need to send their clients for additional medical testing," said head of Macquarie Life, Justin Delaney. "We believe that the upgrades we have made, along with expanding our ...