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Zurich appoints national head of sales

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has appointed Andy Marshall head of Sales Strategies and Research, Life Risk. He will be responsible for developing, promoting and delivering Zurich's life insurance proposition in conjunction with distribution ...

Risk adviser sentiment up in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Kewin said. Research was conducted by Beaton Research and Consulting, which questioned 200 advisers actively writing life risk insurance. Respondents were asked to indicate their sentiment across five key areas, using a seven-point scale ranging from ...

Advisers coming round to social media

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... he continued. "Interestingly, 42.3% of wealth management advisers mix business and social issues compared to 36% of life risk and financial advisers." The survey also found that female advisers are more likely to use social media, with 44% saying they ...

Guardian Advice benefits from planner "flight to security"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... are in big institutional groups and are seeking more independence on products and in managing their own business." The life risk specialist dealer group has recently appointed Andrew Hammelmann state manager for Queensland to tackle Guardian's growth ...

Suncorp Life set for overhaul after 76% profit plunge

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Suncorp will overhaul its life risk business after net profit after tax dropped 76% in the past year and accounts now for less than 10% of Suncorp Group. Suncorp Life net profit after tax was $60 million, while its underlying profit was $120 million ...

Suncorp Life profit to drop 75%

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... to $146 million in 2012, increasing discount rates have driven negative market adjustments of about $60 million. The life risk division expects then a profit of $60 million, a figure significantly lower than in 2012, when Suncorp Life's NPAT reached ...

Suncorp Advice appoints practice development manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Freedom of Financial Advice (FoFA) requirements. "Suncorp Advice is a key channel which specialises in offering quality life risk solutions to independent financial advisers. Our advice channel holds significant value to Suncorp Life, and that is evident ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Standard, we feature the CPA Australia SMSF conference and expo 2013 and Laura Millan investigates the top trends in life risk that advisers need to be on top of to ensure adequate coverage for clients. We also take an in-depth look at the government's ...

Clive Levinthal moves from Clearview to Experien

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... shareholder for some time. His brother also heads up the Melbourne division. "Experien is one of the fastest growing life risk specialists in the market at the moment and I look forward to helping it grow even faster," he said. "I leave Clearview on ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... its Risk Adviser Sentiment Index has shown an overall up tick in sentiment amongst advisers active in the Australian life risk market. The insurance provider's index is based on responses from 213 Australian Independent Financial Advisers (IFA), collected ...