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Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... revelations of the Royal Commission have had no impact on the way they interact with their financial adviser. New research from MetLife shows the Royal Commission has had no impact on the adviser-client relationship for just over half of consumers. It ...

Industry fund drops life premiums, pension fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... group insurance mandate. It also slashed the administration fee on its pension account. Under a new group cover deal with MetLife, REI Super has cut premiums on death and disablement insurance, benefitting the majority of its members. The lower premiums ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund. Tasplan appointed MetLife to deliver insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia partnered with an $8 billion industry superannuation fund to launch its digital life insurance tool designed to speed up claims tracking and lodgment for fund members. Statewide Super partnered with MetLife to launch the new digital ...

TAL appoints customer operations lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... appointed a new head for its customer operations and underwriting, filling the vacancy created when the former lead moved to MetLife. Moving into TAL as general manager, customer operations and underwriting is Matt Paterson. He has 15 years' experience ...

MetLife revamps relationship management and underwriting teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia made several senior appointments to its relationship management and underwriting teams. Rachel Towell and Stuart White are the latest to join the life insurer as state managers for New South Wales and ACT, and Queensland respectively. ...

Funds management veteran joins First State Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... Stewart in November. Outgoing chief Michael Dwyer will step down after 14 years of service. Stewart was appointed to lead MetLife Australia in 2014. Prior to this, she held senior leadership roles with BT Financial Group and Merrill Lynch Investment ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... as they race to meet the Federal Government's July 2019 deadline to cull the default opt-ins for group insurance. MetLife head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs James Carey said the scrutiny is touching all elements of the business including ...

Life insurers cautious about My Health Record

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... duplicate testing," Phillips said. "In all cases this would only be possible with customers' full consent." In a statement, MetLife Australia said it supported the Federal Government's initiatives to enable e-health capabilities in Australia, but said ...

MetLife names chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
MetLife Australia appointed a former TAL and CommInsure executive as its new chief operating officer. David Campbell officially takes the post on September 17, leaving behind the positon of general manager of operations and underwriting at TAL. Luke ...