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Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... industry standards, enhancing the power to ban individuals from management and ensuring remuneration structures in life insurance and stockbroking do not affect the quality of financial advice. Raise the competency of advisers: Raise the competency of ...

IFS Insurance Solutions MD appointed at CommInsure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... IFS Insurance Solutions managing director has been appointed head of industry and public sector funds, wholesale life insurance at CommInsure. Robert Nunez will join CommInsure in early 2015 and will be focusing on addressing "the key drivers and issues ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC to offer life insurance cover to its 800,000 members. As a part of the agreement, two new life insurance products - RAC Life Protect and RAC Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... partnership the initial focus will be on offering firms with as few as 12 employees Steadfast-MetLife corporate life insurance, income protection and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. "Steadfast is the leading broker of risk products to SMEs ...

ClearView names CEO and exec team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... has been appointed general manager - distribution taking on responsibility for distribution of both ClearView's Life insurance and Wealth management products and services. Atit Rungta, formerly chief operating officer of Matrix Planning Solutions, has ...

AMP to enter Chinese pension market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... involve AMP providing technical support to the pension company. China Life Pension Company is majority owned by China Life Insurance Company Limited, China's largest listed life insurance group and one of the largest institutional investors in China. ...

Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... product that allows superannuation funds to pool longevity risk without needing to meet the capital requirements of a life insurance company. Earlier this year Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert said Mercer was working with a number ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... in driving innovation and customer-orientated protection solutions that truly change the way people experience life insurance." Paul Bennet also joins MetLife as head of marketing and client experience.A Bennet previously worked at Sapient Nitro as vice ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... the IFA, aligned and bank adviser channels. Meanwhile, Rachel Leong has joined BT as product technical manager, life insurance. Leong was previously technical strategy manager at Suncorp subsidiary Asteron Life. Head of adviser distribution for BT's ...