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AMP holds assets despite Genesys exodus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... business took a hit during the quarter, with claims losses of $18 million, mostly in retail income protection. Total annual premium in-force was down 1% to $1.9 billion. In a statement about its wealth protection business, AMP said: "While we continue ...

Charter Hall announces unit registry mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... financial operations controller Ian Ko said: "Charter Hall aims to provide our institutional investor customers with a premium experience. "We have partnered with OneVue as they have demonstrated the flexibility to deliver the requirements to ensure ...

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Going some way to form the federal government's superannuation budget agenda last night was Treasury's release of the Retirement Income Streams Review. Based on the review's seven recommendations the government has decided to remove tax barriers to ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... benefits. This was highlighted in a trend whereby default coverage increased in group life schemes, but the underlying premium rates did not increase, and in some cases fell, despite the increased exposure. APRA also highlighted 'increased plaintiff ...

Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... facility, the collection and payment of it can be administered by Asteron Life along with the collection of the insurance premium.

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Sunsuper has overhauled its total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover in a move that will see an average premium reduction of 15% for more than 90% of its one million members. The new product, TPD Assist, will remove waiting periods for the ...

Commodities slump stalling sovereign wealth growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... $6.51 trillion in the year to March 2016, this growth was significantly slower than in previous years. According to Preqin premium publications manager Selina Sy, growth has been hampered largely by sovereign wealth funds in oil-producing nations "fulfilling ...

Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... include where a policy is automatically cancelled due to the age of the insured, where the insured commits suicide or where premium rebates are offered to encourage customers to take up policies. Existing arrangements will be grandfathered "in a manner ...

Qualitas to finance boutique Waterloo apartments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... apartments all in a single location." "It's this combination that is making our development a major success in attracting premium owner-occupiers that understand how rare developments like these are in Sydney. I knew we had something special when we ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
Superannuation trustees will soon be able to access a document that provides all the information required to fully and better understand their fund's insurance business. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds yesterday, Industry Funds ...