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Employee rehabilitation key to reduce claims costs: AIA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... reducing the claims costs experienced by superannuation funds, employers and employees in what remains a challenging life insurance market, according to insurer AIA Australia. An independent study commissioned by AIA Australia into the life insurance ...

Bravura adds new global product development role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... role, Waddy will oversee global software research and development for Sonata, the company's wealth management and life insurance solution. Waddy, who has been with the company for more than six years, will transition into the post over the next two months. ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Group risk sales experienced a jump of 88.3% in the twelve months to March 2014, the latest Plan for Life insurance risk market inflows report shows. Overall annual risk sales were up by 25.7%, with MetLife leading the pack and reporting a sales increase ...

Australian Unity added 14 planning practices in a year

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... based, full service model offering and our Accountant Partnership Program, as well as the fact we are not a bank or life insurance company," Australian Unity Personal Financial Services chief executive Steve Davis said. Davis said the Accountant Partnership ...

Green appointed CEO MetLife Korea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... after the resignation of the previous chief executive. MetLife said in a statement that Green is an experienced life insurance chief executive officer with over 13 years experience leading businesses for MetLife and AIA Group across several Asia and ...

TAL nabs ANZ exec for new finance role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... including relationships with the Board and our parent company Dai-ichi Life, one of Japan's and the world's largest life insurance and wealth management companies. "Edith's experience and expertise will be invaluable as we seek to grow our business by ...

MySuper flips members out of millions: CSSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
MySuper may be leaving some disengaged members with much lower life insurance cover thanks to a new form of 'flipping', the Corporate Super Specialists' Alliance (CSSA) has warned. The practice of flipping members from less expensive corporate super ...

AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Kong, A and the insurer will have a new chief executive starting August 1, 2014. AIA Australia general manager of life insurance Damien Mu has been appointed chief executive officer, as Crewe took up the role of AIA Group chief executive officer of group ...

Super insurance still worth billions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
The life insurance industry continues to profit from its superannuation policies despite the spike in group insurance claims, figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show. According to APRA's Life Insurance Supplementary ...

AIA Australia re-enters direct insurance market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... insurance to its customers for five years. The insurer has partnered with the bank to launch Bendigo SmartCover, a life insurance product that consumers can buy through the internet or the phone, instead of buying it through their advisers. "We recognise ...