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CBA contemplates CommInsure sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... nonetheless follows a troubled year for the insurer. In August 2016, CareSuper opted to award its life insurance mandate to MetLife after more than a decade with CBA's life insurance arm; NGS Super followed suit in September by transitioning to TAL ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Global life insurer MetLife will cease to write individual insurance policies in the United States, having established a new firm to house its domestic retail life and annuity insurance divisions. MetLife received final regulatory approval from the ...

Steady increase for life insurance premium flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... recorded the highest rate of growth in the past year as a result of amalgamating with Macquarie's risk business, followed by MetLife (9.3%), BT/Westpac (7.4%) and AIA (6.4%). AMP and OnePath posted flat results, while CommInsure (-5.2%) experienced negative ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... only are we guaranteeing the same level of cover and conditions; we're also lowering premiums by 6% through to 2020." MetLife, who currently operates as Hostplus' group insurer, recently launched a national campaign to ensure every Australian is aware ...

AIA growth strategy spawns appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... with overseeing strategy, corporate affairs and government relations. Formerly chief product and marketing officer at MetLife, Tez has also previously served as an executive at AXA and TAL, and was chief marketing officer for AIA Australia between 2009 ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Group life insurer MetLife launched a national campaign to ensure every working Australian is aware of built-in life insurance available through superannuation. Group insurance provides a "really good value base form of protection", but far too many ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... launching a directly distributed offer. As of 1 January 2017, Coles Life Insurance policy holders became customers of MetLife - the insurer whose MetLife Essentials product was white-labelled by Coles. Coles' exit from direct selling of life insurance ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Infratil disposed of its 19.91% stake in a leading provider of New Zealand aged care facilities, netting $237.93 million via an off-market block trade. The stake in Metlifecare, sold to New Zealand-based investment bank Forsyth Barr for $5.61 per share ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Employers should do more to help employees ease financial worries by providing work-funded financial advice, a new study from MetLife shows. About 68% of employers said helping staff make better financial decisions is important - but only one third of ...

CareSuper names first of several hires

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... recent role was insurance product manager at AustralianSuper. Prior to that role Hill was a senior account manager at MetLife. He has also held roles at ANZ, Telstra Super, AMP, Colonial First State and National Australia bank. CareSuper chief executive ...