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IRESS appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... managing director and chief executive officer. Tomlinson also led the first demutualisation and ASX listing of an Australian life insurance company. He has been a non-executive director of National Australia Bank (NAB) from March 2000 to December 2014 ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Financial Services Australia chairman Terry Paradine said. "As regional CEO, Colin will retain strong oversight of the Australian life and investments business, which has grown to become one of the key drivers of revenue within Asia Pacific." Morgan ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... candidate of Russell's calibre and industry reputation clearly demonstrates BT's position at the forefront of the Australian life insurance market. Russell's appointment is critical in helping us achieve our goal of providing more protection for more ...

Challenger reports record annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has reported "exceptionally strong" retail annuities sales in the half year up to December, rising by a record 38% to $1.46 billion. Overall Challenger's retail and institutional sales reached $1.75 billion. In the retail space, 19% of annuities ...

Bankrupt adviser gets nine month ban

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... nine months. The ban will be lifted when McCreath's bankruptcy ends. McCreath was an authorised representative of Australian Life Insurance Distribution Pty Ltd and provided statements of advice. He has the right to lodge an appeal with the Administrative ...

The life insurance sustainability challenge

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... Stewart, Managing Director of RGA's Australian subsidiary company, RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Limited, the Australian life insurance market has experienced decade high lapse rates in the retail market over the last two years. "For some time ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... life company awards in Australia," he said. "It's from this position that we can confirm with confidence that Australian life companies are indeed committed to delivering excellent service and product solutions for Australians." Rael Solomon, manager ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... measurement of its Risk Adviser Sentiment Index has shown an overall up tick in sentiment amongst advisers active in the Australian life risk market. The insurance provider's index is based on responses from 213 Australian Independent Financial Advisers ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... Australia: Racing onto the Radar, which predicted that - complementing strong growth in advised channels - 40% of the Australian life insurance market would come from direct sales by 2021. Clarke joined TAL on 12 November reporting to Kent Griffin, the ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... director of Tal said this is a challenge because with the lack of interest in life insurance investment globally, Australian life insurers must be able to show that the market does not have the weaknesses that other markets around the world have. "We ...