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Insignia revamps wrap platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... investments; most of the listed investments in the S&P All Ordinaries Index, plus several NAB term deposits. MLC Life Insurance has been added to the retail insurance offer for super clients, to complement the existing panel of AIA, TAL, and Zurich. ...

TAL launches Professional Year platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... news comes after TAL's backing of The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), which now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australia.

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... the ATO, almost one dollar in every five held in SMSFs is in a pooled investment product, being a managed fund, a life insurance policy or some type of collective trust. Equities allocations remain steady at about 36%, as does property at 16%. In 2020 ...

Westpac updates on strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... and insurance businesses. It said it has progressed the sale of three businesses in the past year, including its life insurance business to TAL, and also offloaded its superannuation division to Mercer. In relation to the long-awaited sale of BT Panorama ...

CALI backed by industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... industry with 19 life insurers and reinsurers joining its membership. CALI's membership now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australia. Members include AIA Australia, ClearView, Hannover Re, Integrity ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
A new paper from the Quality of Advice Review recommends life insurance commissions be retained, but additional disclosure rules be introduced to ensure clients consent to the payments. In August, the first proposals paper from the Quality of Advice ...

ClearView abandons potential takeover transactions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... underlying NPAT in FY23 in the range of $28.5 million to $30 million. "The business environment of the overall life insurance industry continues to show signs of improvement and ClearView remains well placed to benefit from this improvement, including ...

MLC Life updates retail insurance product range

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
MLC Life Insurance has upgraded its insurance product range to strengthen customer protections. Effective today, the Income Replacement Ratios (IRRs) for both Income Assure and Income Assure+ will be raised for customers with higher incomes so they ...

Challenger appoints chief financial officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... officer of the funds' management business. She has also held senior roles at BT Financial Group and AXA Sun Life Insurance. Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton welcomed Bell back. "Her deep knowledge of our business, coupled ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... Sydney. Now in their ninth year, the awards aim to celebrate achievements in product design and innovation across life insurance, investment and retirement solutions. The assessment for the awards is based on an independent, objective and transparent ...