Insurance made easy
Independent financial researcher Plan for Life has updated their multi-company life insurance quotation service, RiskOnline to include AMP Life and AvivaAustralia.
RiskOnline claims to provides live quote processing of risk insurance for life insurance providers in one location, in under one minute.
The site now features life insurance quotes for lump sum and income protection for AMP, Asteron, Aviva, AXA Australia, CommInsure, ING Australia, St.George, TOWERAustralia and Zurich.
AXA Australia will also join CommInsure in providing an individual quotation webpage that features every risk option offered by the company.
RiskOnline is currently running a free trial for dealer groups and advisers that will be converted to a low cost subscription service if continued.
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