Life Insurance Companies in Australia

Australian Casualty and Life (AC&L)
	AC&L is a subsidiary of the AXA Group and no longer offers new products to market, all new offerings are done under the AXA brand.
AIA Australia
	AIA Australia combines its international experience with local expertise to offer some of Australia's most comprehensive and flexible life cover options. Their products and services are constantly under review to ensure they meet the changing needs of the Australian population. AIA Australia offers risk protection life insurance products to help protect the things that matter most to you - your family, your health, your mortgage or your business.
AIG Life
	AIG Life is has rebranded to AIA Australia. Under these two names AIA had had Australian operations for over 30 years. AIA Australia is a specialist provider of financial products designed to offer comprehensive, affordable solutions to life insurance and financial advisers, their clients and corporate Australia.
AMP Life
	Established in 1849 as a mutual company, AMP listed on the Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges in mid-1998. AMP has transformed from a mutual society centered on life insurance into a leading wealth management company operating regionally. In December 2003, AMP split into two separate regionally-focused listed companies - AMP in Australia and HHG in the UK.
Asteron Life
	With a long history of operating in Australasia, Asteron's origins trace back to 1833 in Australia and 1878 in New Zealand. Asteron is part of the Suncorp Group. This means being part of an entity with assets of more than $85 billion and more than seven million customers. Asteron provides life insurance, superannuation, retirement incomes, financial planning and trustee services to around one million customers in Australia and New Zealand. Asteron combines decades of experience, knowledge and integrity with vision, creativity and vitality for a responsive approach that enables them to put customers first. Their broad range of life insurance products has been designed to protect you, your family and your business against the financial impacts of death, sickness or injury.
Aviva Life
	With a presence in over 30 countries around the globe, Aviva is the number one insurer in the UK and the fifth largest insurer in the world. Aviva is one of the leading providers of life and pensions products to Europe. Globally, Aviva has premium income and investment sales of $78 billion, and around $624 billion of assets under management. The group has 56,000 employees serving 30 million customers worldwide. While our name is new, we already have over 100 years of continuous operation in Australia. Formerly known as 'Norwich Union Australia' we changed our name to Aviva on 1 October 2003, in line with our global parent company Aviva plc.
AXA
	AXA is one of the largest financial services groups in the world operating in over 60 countries and with total group assets of over 755 billion Euros ($A1200 billion). AXA was formed in Australia with the takeover of National Mutual Life Association in 1999.
CommInsure
	CommInsure is a leader in the Australian insurance industry and part of the Commonwealth Bank Group. The CommInsure name was first introduced in 1999. Although the name is relatively new, CommInsure's roots within the Australian insurance industry go back well over one hundred years.
Macquaire Life
	Macquarie Life was established in 1990 as part of the Macquarie Bank Group. Macquarie have a proven track record in insurance and have established a reputation for best practice in the innovative products they design and the service they provide. Macquarie FutureWise is a genuinely unique offering that has been developed on the foundation of expertise and understanding of life insurance. The Macquarie philosophy of innovation and excellence in product and service has achieved significant benefits for clients and underpins Macquarie's reputation as a market leader.
MLC Life
	MLC Life helps Australians to maintain their financial security, with a range of quality services to deal with life's unforeseen events. MLC has been around since 1886, when the Citizen's Life Assurance Company Ltd was incorporated in Sydney. As an insurer, MLC Ltd has been awarded an AA rating by international ratings agency Standard and Poor's.
OnePath Insurance
	OnePath is the new name for ING's Insurance, Super and Investment business in Australia. OnePath is one of Australia's leading providers of investment, super, insurance and retirement solutions. We have been helping Australians grow and protect their wealth for over 130 years, previously as Mercantile Mutual and more recently as ING Australia. Now as a wholly owned subsidiary of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), OnePath operates as ANZ's Australian specialist wealth management and protection business.
Tower Life
	The Tower Group is an innovative and competitive provider of life insurance, risk, superannuation and retirement solutions. Tower's objective is to deliver the right products, services and information to its customers to help them make informed decisions about their risk and superannuation needs. Being named Money Management's Risk Company of the Year in both 2006 and 2007, and Smart Investor's Risk Insurer of the Year in 2007 represents Tower's commitment to excellence in life insurance.
Zurich Life
	Zurich Life is an insurance-based financial services provider. The Group holds especially strong positions in three key markets - the United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland - and listings on the Zurich and London stock exchanges. Founded in 1872, Zurich is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. We have offices in approximately 50 countries and employ about 62,000 people worldwide. Our extensive worldwide network, bolstered by local expertise, allows Zurich Financial Services to offer competitive insurance and risk management solutions to small businesses, corporations and multinational companies as well as a comprehensive range of non-life (property and casualty) and life insurance.