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AXA upgrades insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Financial planners looking for better insurance cover for their clients could benefit from the latest round of AXA enhancements on its insurance product. AXA recently unveilled a host of underwriting changes to its insurance offer, with financial protection ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Inactive AXA clients can soon expect a phone call from their advisers asking about their insurance well-being as Australia's largest planning firm embarks on a client reactivation program. AXA introduced the new program at the end of December last year ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. Challenger, which last year acquired the annuities portfolio of AXA, was named the 2008 Annuity Provider of the Year. The Award winners and finalists were selected based on a combination of quantitative ...

Challenger commits to annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The transfer of the AXA annuity liabilities November last year to Challenger resulted in the firm receiving a $1.3 billion boost in cash and debt security assets, according to its latest half year report. According to Challenger's preliminary first ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
AXA Asia Pacific enjoyed strong year-to-December fund flows in China, India, Thailand and Malaysia but 'new business' outside insurance slowed in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The company announced last week that due to the weak markets globally ...

Good news at last for AIG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... scored the 'runner-up' award in the CoreData Life Company of the Year 2008, just behind Zurich but beating fellow finalists AXA and Asteron. During the upgrade launch, AIG Life Australia managing director, Stuart Harrison sought to ease financial advisors' ...

AXA extends cover for 457 visas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
AXA upgrades its individual life insurance suite to include cover for 457 visa holders and separately, better cover for prostate cancer. As part of the firm's annual life insurance upgrade, 457 visa holders can now obtain a two-year income protection ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
AXA Australia has appointed Robert Bergin to head of group insurance. This appointment follows a reshuffle at AXA Australia (AXA) whereby former head of group insurance, Stephen Rosengren, moved to head of individual life. Prior to this position, Bergin ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
AXA Asia Pacific's first quarter results revealed a dramatic fall in net inflows across its platform, advice and investment arms, but one broker said the diversified group has fared better than most. In a triple blow, net inflows in AXA's advice business ...

Capital guaranteed on winning streak

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... For multi-industry super fund Sunsuper, having a mixture of capital guaranteed investments in life insurance firms including AXA, AMP and Suncorp have yielded the winning formula to the fund's 7.9 per cent returns over a one-year period. "We've got money ...