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AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist ...

Advisers debate insurance commissions ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Life risk advisers should avoid business structures based exclusively on commissions and start to look at ways to diversify their revenue,following the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) recommendations on life insurance and commissions. "There has been ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... introducing a ban on life insurance adviser commissions into its policy platform in response to last week's damning report on life risk advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest report on insurance advice has put the spotlight on life risk. Fox said that the report was "a targeted piece of research that defines very tightly where to look." But he acknowledged ...

Suncorp reacts to "deteriorating" situation in life risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Suncorp Life will conduct a $350 million write-down of intangible assets that will affect the company's net profit after tax for the 2014 financial year, but not its dividends. The life insurance business told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Asteron appoints key accounts and group risk manager

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... a senior key accounts position with a major life insurer. "Daniel has broad expertise in multiple disciplines across life risk, asset management, platforms and banking," Vilo said, although he didn't specify exactly where. "With Daniel leading our National ...

Premium increases boost life risk inflows 11.5%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Overall life insurance risk market inflows increased by 11.5% during 2013, following major retail and group insurers' decision to increase premiums rates to face the industry's challenges. Total inflows were $12,796.6 million for the year ended December ...

Individual cover through super, key to insurance recovery

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The real opportunity for the insurance industry lies in encouraging consumers to enhance their default life risk cover within their superannuation, MetLife and Financial Services Council (FSC) research has concluded. "The real challenge for the industry ...

Zurich fills life risk role from within

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited (Zurich) filled the regional sales manager life risk for Victoria and Tasmania position after promoting Andy Marshall, to the national role of Head of Sales strategies and research, life risk. Khanh-vy ("KV") ...

CommInsure nabs exec from Swiss Re

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Manager of the Year 2010. Troup has also held a number of senior roles at ING Australia, including executive director, Life risk and head of risk insurance markets. Troup has been a Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Board committee member and was ...