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Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... amount for premiums every month. Given the changes in regulation and technology, maintaining a sustainable insurance business in the future won't be a "walk in the park." Advisers that can deliver services that people are willing to pay for will ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... million "This solid result was principally driven by an improved underwriting experience for the retail health insurance business and an improvement in net interest margin for the banking business." it said.

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The sixth round of the financial services Royal Commission heard ClearView's direct life insurance business breached anti-hawking provisions up to 303,000 times. The figure has ballooned from the 278,664 originally reported to the Commission, according ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
Pressures of the Royal Commission, the Life Insurance Framework and educational reforms are prompting risk advisers to hurriedly sell their practices at discount prices, a merger and acquisitions expert says. Radar Results principal John Birt said there ...

Life insurance sector strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... AIA for the provision of life insurance products to customers in Australia and New Zealand. ANZ sold its life insurance business for $2.85 billion in December 2017 to Zurich. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... AIA for the provision of life insurance products to customers in Australia and New Zealand. ANZ sold its life insurance business for $2.85 billion in December 2017 to Zurich. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance ...

TAL acquires Suncorp Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
Following a strategic review, Suncorp will sell its life insurance business to TAL. TAL Dai-ichi Life and Suncorp have entered into a non-binding Heads of Agreement that will see TAL acquire the business for $725 million. The agreement includes a 20-year ...

MetLife names chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... spent 10 years at CBA and CommInsure, holding a variety of executive roles, which included overseeing the group insurance business. Campbell has also worked as a management consultant at Capgemini and EY. MetLife's acting chief executive Vince Watt ...

BTFG adviser distribution team reshuffles

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... and investments business. "As part of these changes, we are proposing to move insurance distribution into the insurance business, as we focus on the opportunity to grow our external presence in the life insurance market," the spokesperson said. "These ...

TAL bolsters senior leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
TAL is boosting its group life insurance business with the addition of two senior leaders to the team. Joseph Daley is now general manager of pricing and will be responsible for developing group pricing models in partnership with superannuation funds. ...