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Insurance

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
CommInsure, Aviva and AIG Life recorded 18 per cent or more growth in total risk premium inflows during 2008, around six per cent higher than the market average, according to Plan for Life.

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
CommInsure has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Aviva offers insurance relief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Insurance provider Aviva has upgraded its product to allow clients, who recently lost their jobs, the option to waive premiums for up to a year.

ING partners with MBF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
ING Australia has partnered with MBF to provide super members with a 12 per cent saving in corporate private health insurance rates.

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
AIG Life Australia has withstood the US financial storm to post record increases in sales and customer loyalty, thanks to a communications program that could raise the standard for the level of disclosure customers expect from their insurers.

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Zurich Financial Services Australia improves the pricing of its life insurance products and revamps the firm's software to allow financial advisers to write insurance faster.

Tech unclogs insurance bottlenecks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Insurance underwriting will become less of a headache for financial planners after key insurers introduced automated underwriting into their products, a major leap from the days of error-prone rate books and simple quotation software.

IUS revamps super insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
"Out with the old, in with the new" is the mantra at IUS this year as the insurance firm rejigs its offerings based on lifestyle adjustments and looks at innovative ways to provide TPD and life cover.

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Australians are taking out income protection in droves as uncertainty from the economic slowdown hits home.

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission.