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MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... them," she said. Regulators also needed to be comforted, especially by MetLife, as the new product is issued as a life insurance policy, Turner explained. MetLife Insurance Limited is regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... written responses from the industry's leaders. Chief executives of funds management companies, superannuation funds, life insurance and financial advice networks think that the "pendulum has swung to far" and that excessive regulation is stifling innovation ...

TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Super fund trustees should re-examine whether the levels of default life insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... general manager of corporate strategy and M&A. In the newly created role, Clarke will be working alongside the life insurance giant's managing director Jim Minto. He joins TAL from Oliver Wyman, where he advised financial services companies across the ...

MLC appoints new GM for retail business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... financial protection operations at AXA with overall responsibility for the service and operations areas of AXA's life insurance business. MLC Insurance executive general manager, Duncan West said: "We are delighted to have Elio on board to drive continuous ...

Life commission clawback forced on advisers: Synchron

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Life insurance companies, through their association with the Financial Services Council, are working together to form an anti-competitive remuneration model for financial advisers, said independent dealer group Synchron. Synchron, which has previously ...

AIA Australia improves adviser quoting and app tool

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... direct response to adviser feedback. It's understood that eApp Express - which lets advisers electronically lodge life insurance quotes and applications - has been designed to cater for the growing numbers who working via new platforms and browsers including ...

Results show strong momentum: BT Financial Group

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... strong business momentum, despite cash earnings being down on last year, said Westpac-owned BT Financial Group. Life insurance sales were up 30%, compared with 14% for the market in 2012, it said after announcing full year results this morning. BT Financial ...

Huge opportunity in untapped business insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... taking out insurance to protect against the death or serious injury of a key stakeholder. "Whether it is personal life insurance or business owner insurance, the objectives are exactly the same," he explained. "Only the terminology is different. "In ...

Tackling direct insurance head on

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... face, as well as preventing customers from making bad choices, according to industry experts. Participating in a life insurance panel discussion, Tim Ross, managing director, Ross Financial Group said that as online direct insurers are encroaching into ...