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AMP appoints BT head of corporate super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... impressive background with 15 years' success in senior leadership experience across superannuation, retail banking, life insurance and wealth management," Caprioli said. "Most of AMP's customers commence their relationship with AMP through corporate ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... improvements and unique product features, lapse data, contribution to the growth and promotion of the Australian life insurance industry, internal service benchmarks and sustainability were considered in the process. Full list of winners: Overall Platinum ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Sales culture in the life insurance industry is undermining standards of good practice, according to APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Insights Session on 3 March, Laughlin said that the industry's focus on "sales ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... and/or ownership." Most of the technical services professionals present at the forum agreed that cross ownership of life insurance policies should be avoided at all costs. If a husband has a life insurance policy and that policy happens to be owned by ...

YBR boosts revenue by 288%

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... revenue by 288% to $59.2 million in the half-year to 31 December 2014. This corresponded with an 84% growth in life insurance sales and a gross profit of $11.9 million (up 94%). YBR's half-yearly report attributes the rise in revenue to the additional ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... December 2014, which represents a 9% growth from the prior corresponding period. The company wrote $17 million of life insurance new business premiums in the half year, up 32% compared to the year before. Funds under management grew 9% and reached $1.77 ...

ClearView calls for life insurance industry crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
ClearView Wealth Limited has petitioned Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) chairman John Trowbridge to fix numerous conflicts of interest within the industry. The key recommendations in ClearView's statement were indicating that narrow ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Suncorp Life has appointed an executive general manager of distribution to face the challenging conditions of the life insurance industry. Andrew Mair will take over the role on March 9 and will report to Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes. ...

Embrace client interests or wither on the vine, advisers told

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Melbourne. "This won't be popular with everyone in the room but we supported FoFA and we supported getting rid of life insurance commissions," he said. "Attacks on our stance on life insurance commissions have been quite vitriolic at times but it's important ...

Suncorp chief executive to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... group profits were up net 15% to $631 million. Profit was mostly driven by Suncorp's general insurance arm, but its life insurance business also contributed. At the same time, forecasts for ongoing revenue growth have been lowered, triggered by a reduction ...