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Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... two principal economic issues: taxation and superannuation," he said. Bragg claimed super has made unions, banks and insurers richer than ever and lamented excessive fees and lack of competition. He also called super a strange but huge experiment that ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... inflows increased from $16.7 billion in 2020 to $17.6 billion at 2021 end. MetLife, QInsure and NobleOak were the only insurers to record double digit growth rates in 2021 while most other insurers saw very little change. While off a low base, NobleOak's ...

Reframing disability: A world-changing opportunity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... resources that forward solutions for employees. Oliver reverberated Palipana's call to action and highlighted the huge role insurers and employers can have in producing positive member outcomes. She said: "Employers represent a huge opportunity for us ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... that presents key industry-level claims and dispute outcomes. The publication featured outcomes for 20 Australian life insurers writing direct business over a rolling 12-month period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Findings showed admittance ...

APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... industry's response. The regulator first announced it was intervening on IDII products in 2019 and extended the deadline for insurers to overhaul IDII products by a full year (to October 2022). But now APRA has expressed disappointment in life insurer's ...

TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... increases, with lump sum growing by 8.8% and income protection by 20.6% over the 12 months to September 30. "New life insurers who recently commenced sales have had an impact and are amongst those included in the awards. The general improvement in the ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... for suicide prevention and members' mental health - founded SuperFriend, bringing together the super industry, life insurers and mental health sector. She was also passionate about seeing more women in the superannuation industry, co-founding Women ...

BlackRock strengthens Australasia, APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... board and have high-level responsibility for sales and client servicing across sovereign entities, pension funds, banks, insurers, asset managers, asset consultants, family offices and financial advice practices," BlackRock said.. Across the Pacific ...

Integrity Life grows distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... AIA. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to lead Integrity Life's retail distribution team. As one of the newest insurers to the market, Integrity is a genuine, fresh alternative who is supporting partners (and their clients), so they can focus on ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... insurance operations and transformation. With 23 years experience, Makita has led management consulting engagements for insurers and financial services clients across Japan, Australia, US and South East Asia. "We are thrilled to have Yoshiro join the ...