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Metlife appoints head of group pricing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Fusca brings to MetLife over 15 years of pricing, client relationship and product development experience in the life insurance and investment industries. "Adam's vast experience in insurance product pricing and risk management, along with his proven ...

Premium adds new practice to dealer network

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... a group with similar depth of knowledge and focus on holistic financial management, rather than simply selling life insurance or other products," said Robert Kirk, principal at Platinum. As Premium is founded by accountants, Kirk said he was attracted ...

AIA appoints national manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... roles in Distribution Strategy and Licensee Development. He has over 15 years experience in retail distribution of life insurance, investment and superannuation products In his new role he will report directly to head of retail distribution, Pina Sciarrone. ...

netwealth adds TAL Accelerated Protection to LifeWrap

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... have a centralised platform where they can service their clients' investments and super needs, along with their life insurance requirements. Matt Heine, executive director of netwealth said the addition of TAL is a major enhancement, allowing greater ...

Mac Life expands claims and underwriting team

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... in-depth medical knowledge that he will use to help advisers with some of the more technical aspects of writing life insurance cover. Baker has had extensive experience in all aspects of financial underwriting in his previous roles with both retail life ...

ClearView positive about CCP takeover offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... ClearView Wealth is a diversified Australian financial services company with businesses that provide integrated life insurance, wealth management and financial planning solutions.

Remove insurance from super: Cassidy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... Lifewise. A recent study from Macquarie Life which surveyed 1000 Australians showed that of those who do not have life insurance, 62% said they certainly would not purchase it. Although the number of Australians who knew they had insurance through super ...

SMSF's need life cover education

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Knowledge of life insurance offers is the biggest barrier to self managed super fund members taking it up within their fund, said AIA Australia. AIA Australia surveyed approximately 400 advisers on the knowledge and take-up of life insurance within ...

APRA tweaks insurance in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... insurance in super, allowing registered superannuation entities to seek income protection through general rather than life insurance providers alone. Acknowledging that APRA's initial approach was prescriptive, deputy chair Ross Jones said the standard ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Attracting new capital to build a more sustainable life insurance industry is currently one of the major challenges faced by Australian insurers, according to TAL. Jim Minto, managing director of Tal said this is a challenge because with the lack of ...