4 March 2010 | AIA Australia has announced a number of new appointments and changes to its product and adviser services teams.
4 March 2010 | AXA Australia has followed AIA Australia's lead by introducing blended premium options for a number of its life insurance products.
28 January 2010 | Control of the Australian platform market has nearly halved in the past four years to be dominated by three of the nation's big four banks, a situation that would be exacerbated if the ACCC approves NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific.
26 November 2009 | AXA Australia has improved its online insurance offering for financial advisers, giving them access to live updates on claims and underwriting information as a client’s case progresses through the AXA system.
23 November 2009 | The Parliamentary Joint Committee led by Bernie Ripoll has recommended ASIC commence immediate work on the creation of a professional standards board for financial advisers.
23 November 2009 | The Parliamentary Joint Committee has recommended the Government consider making financial advice tax deductible as part of its response to the Henry Tax Review.
23 November 2009 | Recent changes to age pension assets and income means tests have created a number of opportunities for financial advisers, writes Ryan Krawitz.
11 November 2009 | Ratings house re-evaluates AXA Asia Pacific as parent views Australasian operation as non-strategic.
2 November 2009 | Financial planners have been witness to a rush of new retirement income products hitting the market but, as Liam Egan explains, the fall-out from the global financial crisis means there is no shortage of investor demand.
13 August 2009 | AXA general manager of financial protection Michael Rogers has cast some doubt on market speculation that more planners are selling more life insurance.
5 August 2009 | AXA's wealth management businesses continue to feel the impact of the global financial crisis, while its insurance businesses have reported positive inflows for the first half of 2008.
22 April 2009 | The group's investment business suffered poor net flows in the first quarter of 2009, but its insurance business remains a strong performer. The results come on the back of Australian job cuts announced yesterday.
24 May 2001 | Fresh off the back of the alienation of personal services income legislation and the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB), the financial services industry has another legislative lion to contend with.
2 March 2001 | The marriage between AXA Australia and Alliance Capital will be consummated today (Friday) with the launch of the first wave of new products under the joint venture.
30 March 2000 | "No, but we have a dealership agreement with planners which sets out business between us as the dealer group and our proper authority holders.
16 February 2000 | Distribution is the top priority in a plan to recover AXA’s Australia market position, group chief executive Les Owen, told the company’s AGM in Melbourne
2 September 1999 | Life insurers have been accused of using dirty tricks to avoid paying out claims made by people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).