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Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Industry consultant Rice Warner has called on Treasury to reconsider three superannuation initiatives it put forward for the 2015 federal budget, alongside a raft of other proposed changes in 2016. Rice Warner would still like to see super funds offer ...

Ending super gender gap needs collective approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... single solution. "We need to acknowledge this issue and embrace the complex and linked measures needed to fix it," the Rice Warner submission said, and added: "The solution requires a multilateral approach from all stakeholders across government, the ...

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
More Australian banks will follow NAB's exit from manufacturing life insurance, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Australian businesses up to $6.5 billion per annum and this has only continued to escalate." Her ideas were based on Rice Warner's 2015 Underinsurance in Australia report, which highlighted a $1.8 trillion underinsurance gap in Australia. This "gap" ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... redistributed between the two buckets and members do not need to actively manage the allocation of their investments. Rice Warner was engaged by Australian Catholic Superannuation to consult on the development of the product and the design of the two ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... members," Furlan said. AIST executive manager business and operations services, Maryann Mannix-White, said the 2014 Rice Warner underinsurance report calculates that Australians are underinsured by approximately $1.8 billion and "the default cover of ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... for most women - appears to have widened," Garcia said. Modeling for Industry Super Australia (ISA) by actuaries at Rice Warner shows 63% of single women will still not be retiring comfortably by 2055 even when super, pension payments and other savings ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... retirement and is reducing pressure on the public purse. "Superannuation is good, but it could be better." The research by Rice Warner for the FSC demonstrates that larger super funds with a minimum fund size of $5 billion would result in an average ...

Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Life insurance sales are dominated by the group sector and direct insurers are struggling to keep pace, according to Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. Commenting on Rice Warner's Direct Insurance Report 2015, Baxter described ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... next five years. He believes it will come on the back of advantages the super system and fees have already delivered. Rice Warner chief executive, Michael Rice, believes there is room for passive investment as shown by QSuper who "have a very big, core ...