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Insurance Business America | March 30, 2019

Insurance firm AIA has announced it will be offering Sovereign’s HealthScreen service to its customers. A programme unique to AIA/Sovereign, HealthScreen aims to support and speed up insurance applications. The idea is that customers are given the option of having a nurse visit them at home or work to take blood tests and collect basic medical information. The use of the service is entirely voluntary and free. From Whangarei to Invercargill, 22 nurses are employed to carry out HealthScreen...

AIA | March 01, 2019

AIA has announced the rebranding of its New Zealand operations and has appointed Auckland-based communications agency Anthem to oversee the transition to the new brand, which will be relaunched in 2019. AIA recently completed its acquisition of Sovereign in New Zealand, a transaction which made the company the largest life insurer in the country. CEO Nick Stanhope says AIA New Zealand will have an important role to play in the country’s insurance landscape, and that the appointment of Anth...

AIA | January 26, 2019

In a bid to address the taboo surrounding mental illness in Singapore, AIA Singapore has launched a new insurance plan that covers major mental conditions – the first policy of its kind in the city state, it claims. AIA’s new Beyond Critical Care regular premium, non-participating critical illness (CI) plan not only provides coverage for five major re-diagnosed or recurred CIs – re-diagnosed major cancer, recurred heart attack, recurred stroke, repeated heart val...

Insurance Business Magazine | January 16, 2020

Insurance start-up battleface, which provides travel insurance for unconventional travelers worldwide, has announced that it has successfully closed a seed funding round with backing from strategic and venture capital investors. Fintech Ventures Fund has invested in battleface, joining Greenlight Re and Tangiers Group. The investment will be used to expand software development, hire sales and business-development personnel, and expand battleface’s global reach, the company said. “We ...