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TAL appoints head of retail claims

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
TAL has appointed former ANZ/OnePath executive Emlyn Pugh as head of retail claims. Pugh headed up life insurance claims management for ANZ/OnePath for over three years and previously at Comminsure where for 12 years his responsibilities ran across ...

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... side, Corcoran said the fund had floated with some insurers the idea of combining memberships to obtain a group life insurance arrangement. On the investment side, he pointed to the Private Capital Group as "an example of smaller funds combining to form ...

HOSTPLUS switches insurers to MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Industry fund HOSTPLUS has made a change to its life insurance offering, switching from ANZ's OnePath to MetLife. HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of MetLife as our Group Life Insurance partner. "We ...

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
With shareholder returns in free fall, the life insurance industry is facing its worst conditions in decades, an Ernst & Young Australia (EY) analysis of the full year banking results found. The report noted how disability claims are rising "well beyond ...

TAL launches 'world first' group insurance technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... ACORD director, global development, Alan Stitzer said: "We were very pleased when TAL approached us to use AML for life insurance. This initiative by TAL and UniSuper that meets the AML standard is a world first for the wholesale life insurance market. ...

Wealth division contributes to strong ANZ result

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... initiatives and will soon launch a new digital platform and a solution for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Retail life insurance in-force premiums grew 10% and funds under management increased 13% driven by productivity improvements in both ANZ and ...

MetLife appoints new head of distribution

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
MetLife Insurance Limited (MetLife) has appointed Mike Goodall as head of distribution. Goodall takes over from Peter Smith, who has moved to the US to take on a strategic leadership role for MetLife's global employee benefits business. Goodall was ...

TAL increases focus on direct insurance with buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... towards the direct insurance market after acquiring the remaining 90% shares that it didn't already own of online life insurance comparator Lifebroker business. Lifebroker provides consumers choice and comparison of life insurance products from a range ...

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... recommended that the SIS regulations be amended to "provide equivalent treatment of post-retirement products offered by life insurance companies and by superannuation funds, preferably through development of regulations which apply to both." He also ...

Chambers enters into administration, loses AFSL

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... comment on the matter. Chambers was licensed to deal and provide advice on a range of financial products, including life insurance, superannuation, managed funds, securities and margin lending, and to provide credit services in relation to credit contracts ...