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Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... developed in conjunction with Monash University and Cancer Council NSW. The stepped care program builds on global reinsurer Swiss Re's experience in delivering rehabilitation services in the UK. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu ...

First Aussie fixed income mandate for global manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A global asset manager with Swiss heritage landed its first Australian fixed income mandate recently as a wealth management firm announced the latest additions to its multi-manager suite. Vontobel Asset Management will run an emerging markets debt mandate ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... and food prices" -- to 1.5% in 2017, 1.4% in 2018 and 1.5% in 2019. All remain below the ECB's target. As expected, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stayed steady. SNB expects the economy to grow by 2.0% in 2018 from 1.0% this year but only its inflation ...

TAL welcomes new claims executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... experience than any other segment, following a record year for its claims team. Before joining TAL, van Eeden spent 15 years at Swiss Re, most notably as head of life and health claims proposition across the Asian, European and Latin American markets ...

APRA names heavyweight panel to investigate CBA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... the National Competition Council. Broadbent currently services on the board of Woolworths, is the chair of the board of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia Limited and chancellor of the University of Wollongong. Commenting on the appointments, APRA chairman ...

MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... business process outsourcing service to the UK life and pensions industry. She has also worked for AXA Life Insurance and Swiss Re. Heyhoe said Kennedy's intimate knowledge of UnderwriteMe and innovation in the area of predictive analytics will be invaluable ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... November 2016 and the following month terminated its product development and distribution contract with NobleOak. In February, Swiss Re became the insurer of its distributed products. Cohen flagged the company has a medium-term goal of becoming the second ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... platform while also being too big to say, 'This is my product and strategy.'" To illustrate, he proposed an investment: selling Swiss francs to buy Indian rupees. He suggested francs are an overvalued currency by around 10 to 15%, and argued that you ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... the world's second-largest reinsurer will be switched to track ethical indices by 2018. Since the beginning of the year, Swiss Re has been consistently integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its investment decisions through the ...

Executive hires at SCOR Global Life

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... at AMP for more than five years. She's also held numerous senior underwriting positions at AXA Australia and New Zealand, Swiss Re and National Mutual. Head of underwriting and claims Paula Bourke said Pitcher will bring invaluable experience that will ...