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Life Insurance

Good growth for income protection

30 January 2012

Income protection premium inflows were up 11.4% during the 12 months ending September 2011, according to research house Plan For Life…

More TPD cover for Qantas members

30 January 2012

MLC has sealed a deal to provide additional voluntary levels of total and permanent disability cover for Qantas Super members…

Revenue and profits down for life insurers

12 December 2011

Total revenue for Australian life insurers has fallen from $23 billion in the year ending September 30 last year to $15.4 billion in the corresponding period this year…

Zurich promotes one of its own

12 December 2011

Zurich Financial Services has promoted one of its NSW life insurance sales team, Stuart Meyers, to become NSW Regional Sales Manager Life…

AIA puts diabetes on critical list

12 December 2011

AIA Australia has responded to the growing incidence of severe diabetes by adding it as a crisis event to its Priority Protection product…

FOS concern on consumers not opting in

05 December 2011

The Financial Ombudsman Service has called for the opt-in proposals in the Future of Financial Advice Bill to be modified to deal with clients not responding to renewal notices…

Zurich and OnePath win business stars

05 December 2011

OnePath and Zurich Life Australia have been given a five-star rating by Canstar for the outstanding value of their business life insurance products…

Count CEO goes as takeover approved

05 December 2011

Count Financial CEO Andrew Gale has resigned after both shareholders and the courts approved the Commonwealth Bank’s takeover of the company…

MLC upgrades insurance platform

28 November 2011

MLC Insurance has launched a new website for advisers and clients with additional online functionality…

Aon tackles underinsurance through special deal

28 November 2011

Aon Hewitt has given members of its superannuation master trust the opportunity to increase their death and total and permanent disablement cover without medical evidence…