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AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD and crisis recovery benefits. These changes mean premiums will not rise as steeply. The new ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Rice Warner's latest Direct Life Insurance Market Report showed direct insurance sales increased by 10.6% and in-force premiums by 13%. At 31 December 2012, direct life insurance constituted 12% of the overall risk insurance market compared with 11.9% ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... natural catastrophe reinsurance was attractive to the Fund. "It provides good diversification for our portfolio and the premiums provide an attractive income stream," he said. "As a long-term investor with certain cash flows and the ability to tolerate ...

Direct insurance races for advised market share

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... products are becoming similar to advised products, but that most of the times, direct insurance is cheaper. Direct insurance premiums for life cover is on average cheaper by approximately 25% at an entry age of 30 years old and 60% at an entry age of ...

NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... 2012 half year due to a deteriorating claims and lapse experience, reflecting difficult industry conditions. Inforce premiums as at 31 March 2013 were $1.5 billion, up by $43 million or 2.9% compared to March 2012. NAB group executive Andrew Hagger ...

BT Financial boosts Westpac result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... strong flows onto platforms, growth in superannuation, stronger financial planning revenue and a further rise in insurance premiums. BT Financial Group's cash earnings for the half-year were up 15% on the same period last year but were 2% lower than ...

ANZ grows adviser base

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... profit increased 20% and income was up 3% primarily through an increase in funds under management and in-force insurance premiums. Improved investment markets also benefited funds under management. Productivity initiatives and a non-recurring software ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Korinke says that a tougher regulatory environment has seen banks step away from their day-to-day market activities. "Risk premiums at the five major US banks have fallen some 55%. We're looking at a lot of trades that used to be made by the bank property ...

Virgin blazes trail with redundancy cover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... offerings available to financial advisers where if the insured is made redundant, they don't receive any payouts but their premiums are waivered over an agreed period. "We did quite a bit of research with our customers and the market place and we saw ...

Dixon Advisory a fee for service success story

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... commissions that would normally be paid to us from the product provider to ensure clients access the lowest possible ongoing premiums." This applies to personal insurance inside and outside superannuation, including life and TPD insurance and income ...