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Insurance

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
More than 350 Finsuper Division members, a division within AustralianSuper that caters for financial services workers, have taken up the fund's new insurance offer in the 10 days since it launched.

Insurance broker caught for fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Consumers, be warned. ASIC has caught one insurance broker selling insurance products but not passing on the fees to the insurer, which meant his clients didn't get the appropriate insurance cover.

TOWER profit down, life business up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
TOWER Australia posted a 12 per cent fall in net profit after tax to just over $27 million in the firm's first half results, while new individual life sales continue to increase.

AIG Hong Kong begins rebrand strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
American International Assurance Company (AIA Group) in Hong Kong is beginning its long awaited rebrand strategy, a move expected to involve subsidiaries across the region.

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
More people are hopping online to get insurance, a new survey shows.

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
AIG has announced it will accelerate steps to position its Australasian subsidiary American International Assurance Company (AIA) as an independent entity in preparation for an Asian public listing.

ING upgrades OneCare

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
ING Australia has changed the 90-day waiting period rules for trauma insurance, upgraded the cover for male specific cancer and enhanced OneCare Express e-application.

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the insurance industry's online life insurance awareness campaign, Lifewise, has received overwhelming support.

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, has called for trauma insurance to be included in superannuation.

PIS awards top risk adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) Gold Coast based insurance adviser, Jason Churchill, has won the dealer group's best risk specialist award for the third time.