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Insurance

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
American International Assurance (AIA) has beaten Prudential, Life Insurance corporation of India and Ping An Insurance to be the top insurance brand in Asia.

IBM Super offers more insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
IBM Super have announced the closing weeks of a number of special offer deals for their super members, providing the opportunity for members to gain additional insurance coverage.

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards held last night.

TOWER Aus hits $1bn insurance milestone

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
TOWER Australia has tipped over $1 billion in in-force premium and the group hopes its platform product Accelerated Protection will continue to appeal to more advisers.

Zurich adds two to tele-underwriting team

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has added more resources to its tele-underwriting team following a rise in demand from financial planners for the service.

AIA signs credit card insurance deal with Citibank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
AIA Australia has signed a five-year credit card insurance deal with Citibank - one of the biggest deals the insurer has scored since rebranding.

AIA moves to integrate retail offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
AIA Australia has launched Platform Investor Protect - a new service that integrates the insurer's flagship retail product, Priority Protection, onto an investment platform for the first time.

GESB unveils opt-in insurance for casuals

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
GESB is restructuring its insurance arrangements for casual members - introducing a new 'opt-in' option for all new casual employees who join the WA fund.

AIA to list, names new chief

PRESS RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
American International Group (AIG) pushes ahead with the IPO of its Asian life subsidiary, American International Assurance (AIA), and names a former Prudential chief executive as the division's new head.

Insurers post double-digit growth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
AMP, National Australia/MLC and Tower were among the insurers that reported double digit percentage growth in risk premium inflows last year - but overall sales in the risk market has slumped, research shows.