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Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... being 43 years of age. Another aspect is that the nature of modern life means we are "ramping up our financial risks but medical risks are rising as well and it's culminating in longevity risks," said Kirwan. When people confront a dilapidating disease ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Pathrec has unveiled a tele-underwriting service by a medical service provider for planners and insurers as the firm moves to take a slice of the growing insurance market. According to Pathrec chief executive, Olga Tomic, TeleCheck is an outsourcing ...

Life insurance next for nib

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... teamed up with TOWER Australia to provide, nib Value Life Insurance, an online life insurance product that requires no medical test. Administered by TOWER Australia, nib Value Life Insurance will be provided exclusively to the private health insurance ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... will be extended on loan-to-valuations rations of up to 70 per cent. The firm claims that the loan is ideally suited to medical and other self-employed professionals wanting to purchase and lease back their existing office or professional suite within ...

Under Aviva's umbrella

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... product, which was ranked AAA by Selecting Super, automatically receive a minimum level of insurance cover regardless of medical history. The product managed to clinch the support of advisers and employers because it helped meet the insurance needs of ...

Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... injured. John Brogden, chief executive at Manchester Unity, said the cost of the policy depended on age, sex, smoking status, medical condition, occupation and risk taking habits of each applicant. "People who not smoke and those who not undertake unusual ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... complexity and time, a woman can gain coverage with Allianz over the phone, or online in a few minutes, without the need for medical tests." Barnes said women who don't earn a full time income outside the home should seriously consider financial protection ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... Fund (CFP) is their A$100 billion national provident fund that helps Singaporeans save for retirement, to buy a home, for medical expenses and to build wealth though a series of non-retirement investment schemes. But where it gets interesting is that ...

IOOF improves insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... by up to 30 per cent. Starting next year, members are guaranteed the insurance cover regardless of their occupation or medical history, with no medical examinations or health checks required. "IOOF is committed to providing members with insurance cover ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... uranium mining. The fund's main investment focus will be renewable energy stocks, environmentally focused technology stocks, medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, education and communications stocks and emerging and esoteric activities ...