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Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... executives who overlook the broader soft skills to be effective leaders. CommInsure chief financial officer and chief actuary Jennifer Lang says executives may enjoy success in excelling in exams and deeply understanding technical finance issues, but ...

Queensland DB super liabilities tipped to fall 18pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... budget papers reported. Giving the government room to make this DB scheme surplus repatriation is the state government's actuary reporting the scheme is in strong surplus, resulting in the scheme's liabilities being almost 5% lower than they were forecast ...

AIA growth strategy spawns appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... Efthimiou is replaced by Michael Chernov as chief financial officer. Chernov, who has been with AIA since 2009, is a qualified actuary with over 18 years' experience in life insurance and has also held roles with Deloitte and Trowbridge Consulting. AIA ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... which the risk of government influence could be mitigated including: the possibility to include the Australian Government Actuary for the provision of technical, evidenced based analysis required to inform decision making, and holding the panel publicly ...

ClearView hire aligns growth plan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... improving customer retention and expanding relationships with the independent adviser community. Scott will report to chief actuary and risk officer Greg Martin. Hancock will report to general manager of distribution Chris Blaxland-Walker. ClearView ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... if fully and properly applied, can usher in substantially higher sales and markedly reduced lapses," Strategic Insight actuary Simon Solomon said. "There is a very real opportunity for life companies to materially improve product profitability."

New chair at LGIAsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... technical and strategic advice to large super funds and corporations for 30 years and is a former director and consulting actuary with the Heron Partnership. Smith said he is looking forward to taking on the new role, and that the fund's objective to ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... acquisition by IRESS was completed on October 31. Orford founded Financial Synergy in 1976, having previously been an actuary at Adriatic Life. In a memo to Financial Synergy clients, Orford explained: "My only reason for selling the first-class Financial ...

QBE chief executive departs in leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... restructuring of the executive team has also seen the introduction of a chief underwriting officer role. QBE's group chief actuary, Declan Moore, will take on the newly created role as of 22 August. Moore has over 25 years of insurance operations and ...

APRA outlines plans to refocus Appointed Actuary role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed improvements for the Appointed Actuary role within insurance companies. The Appointed Actuary is a mandatory position insurers must have to provide independent, expert advice to boards ...