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Professional Standards up as new education initiative takes hold

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL, yesterday confirmed its training and education initiative, the TAL Risk Academy (the Academy), is receiving record applications as more financial advisers seek ongoing high quality professional

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04 Jun 2015

TAL delivers solid growth as life insurance claims payouts hit record high

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Australia’s leading life insurance specialist TAL yesterday announced it has ended the financial year (1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015) with solid growth while showing a substantial increase in life

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20 May 2015

TAL life insurance payouts hit almost $1 billion a year

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New figures show that Australia’s leading life insurance specialist TAL paid out more than $947 million in claims last year, an increase of around 12.5% on the previous year’s payout

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28 Apr 2015

TAL Named 2014 AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life (PFL) have named TAL as the 2014 Life Company of the Year at a black-tie premier event held at the

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13 Mar 2015

Women still lagging men in financial protection

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Although Australian women have more employment opportunities and are more educated than ever before,[1] they are still less likely to hold life insurance than men, according to research by Australia’s

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25 Feb 2015

Valentine’s Day: when true love doesn’t run smooth

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Australians will spend some $791.4 million[1] “in the name of love” before Valentine’s Day – averaging about $86[2] each. But despite their pledges of undying love, figures from research commissioned

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12 Feb 2015

Life insurance lacking in those with most to lose

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Research shows a dramatic difference between the number of Australians who rate the importance of life insurance and the number who have it. And those without financial protection usually have

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28 Jan 2015

‘Conservative’ risk takers go for safety of life insurance

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People who consider themselves safe financial risk takers are more likely than those with a high risk appetite and those who avoid risk to have an insurance safety net in

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17 Dec 2014

TAL enhances Accelerated Protection product and service

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL has launched some key enhancements to its award winning financial protection retail product suite, Accelerated Protection. The new version of Accelerated Protection not only contains

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15 Dec 2014

TAL appoints new claims boss

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL has appointed respected industry leader Mary Maini to the role of General Manager Claims. The role oversees claims management across all of TAL’s distribution channels

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11 Dec 2014

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