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Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... financial products without going through an adviser. The Life Assurance Star Ratings identifies over 50 direct life insurance products and rates them reflecting aspects of the customer experience such as the accessibility of the product, the additional ...

AIA Australia launches daily risk information for planners

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... launched a new administrative tool that will provide daily risk 'Datafeeds' for XPLAN to assist in the management of life insurance policies. The risk 'Datafeeds' contain application and policy information from AIA Australia. The automatic data feed ...

Premium increases boost life risk inflows 11.5%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
Overall life insurance risk market inflows increased by 11.5% during 2013, following major retail and group insurers' decision to increase premiums rates to face the industry's challenges. Total inflows were $12,796.6 million for the year ended December ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... from government. APRA's submission argues that it needs more freedom to regulate the banking, superannuation and life insurance industries without interference from the government or parliament. The prudential regulator claimed that, while the APRA Act ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance Conference in Sydney yesterday, Ciobo said he was 'wary' about where Australia's financial services industry is heading. ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... in retail funds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Barry Rafe said. Speaking at the Financial Services Council 2014 Life Insurance Conference, Rafe said that "in industry funds, the claims experience has deteriorated lately." He said that "master trusts ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance industry, asking insurance providers about their journey to modernise their administration systems. The vast majority of respondents ...

FSC awards life insurance companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has given out its 2014 Life Insurance Awards at a black tie event in Sydney. AMP director of insurance Megan Beer won the Industry Pioneer award, while BT Financial national manager of underwriting, new business ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The life insurance industry needs more 'wise old heads' to provide an historical perspective and avoid falling into the same traps, according to Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Laughlin said that ...

Individual cover through super, key to insurance recovery

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... covers, but "in engaging millions and millions of individuals in making decisions to take additional options for life insurance." Green referred to insurance through advisers by saying that "these distribution channels have always been there and will ...