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Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Life insurance sales are dominated by the group sector and direct insurers are struggling to keep pace, according to Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. Commenting on Rice Warner's Direct Insurance Report 2015, Baxter described ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... next five years. He believes it will come on the back of advantages the super system and fees have already delivered. Rice Warner chief executive, Michael Rice, believes there is room for passive investment as shown by QSuper who "have a very big, core ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... protection claimants in group policies within superannuation are more likely to return to work within a year, according to Rice Warner research. Specifically, if income protection claimants notify of an illness or disability within the first six months ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... accumulation need further thought. Darren Snyder reports. A recent Commonwealth Bank media roundtable showed projections by Rice Warner that Australia's retirement market would reach more than $1.4 trillion by 2023. If the projections are correct it ...

Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... will potentially have their super retirement incomes boosted between 38% and 247% - as based on modeling by ISA and Rice Warner Actuaries. ISA said Super Seed will help make up for gaps in contributions caused by low levels of earnings that may not trigger ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Bank. Reviewing the data of more than 12 million Australian superannuation accounts as at 30 June 2014, CommBank and Rice Warner found those between 60 to 64-years-old were the least likely to be retirement ready - assuming the retirement age is 67. ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... knowledge to reach those high expectations is uncertain. A report released by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Rice Warner today recommends both Generation X and Y investors could benefit from targeted advice offerings designed to start preparing ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... further $200 million in MySuper and tougher MySuper qualification would further cut administration and investment costs. Rice Warner head of superannuation insights Nathan Bonarius said across the super industry, scale benefits and lower margins would've ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... guarantee must be increased to 12% sooner rather than later to plug the growing retirement savings gap." Research by Rice Warner and sponsored by the FSC to coincide with the conference, shows an average Australian woman must contribute 18% of her income ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
AdviserLogic has partnered with Rice Warner to upgrade RiskLogic, its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and ...