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Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... more than 90% of its one million members. Statewide Super recently worked with an independent adviser and its insurer, MetLife, to produce at least 13 significant changes to its insurance offering come 1 July. There will be a slight increase in premiums ...

Group risk premium inflows up 6.9%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... Cbus. The firm's market share has risen to 26.4% of the market, tied with AIA at the top of the league tables. CommInsure, MetLife and NAB/MLC round out the top five with 12.2%, 9% and 8.5% of market share respectively. Plan For Life's data also show ...

MetLife makes two senior hires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
MetLife has appointed a senior manager, innovation and a head of Melbourne office. New innovation manager Brenton Charnley joins Metlife from KPMG Australia, where he held the same role. He has held several other management and consulting roles with ...

Life insurers paid $6.9bn in claims in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... 2015. The numbers are aggregated from AIA Australia, AMP, Asteron/Suncorp, BT, ClearView, CommInsure, Hannover, Macquarie, MetLife, MLC, OnePath, TAL and Zurich. They do not include the 14 other non-mainstream life insurers. Almost $2.9 billion was paid ...

Life Insurance Risk Market inflows up 6.6%

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... for Life. All leading companies experienced increases in their risk business led by TAL (19.3%), BT / Westpac (13.4%), MetLife (11.7%), OnePath (10.6%) and AIA (10.5%). The data showed that AMP market share has dropped for the second year running, a ...

CommInsure portfolio exec leaves for MetLife

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
MetLife has hired a new executive manager group insurance from CommInsure. Annette Torrington worked for CommInsure since 2007, joining as product manager, wholesale life insurance. After that she was a senior product manager, industry fund segment ...

MetLife reports 2015 earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
MetLife has released its full year 2015 results, showing a 16% decrease in operating earnings to US$5.5 billion ($7.7 billion). MetLife's report attributed this to "a strong US dollar, lower variable investment income and a previously announced third-quarter ...

Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... income insurance inflows revealed that while some insurers (OnePath and MLC) reported sales growth, this was offset by MetLife, TAl, AIA and AMP, which reported sales drops between 22.7% and 71%. The report noted that the majority of the sales drag was ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... to more than $6 billion in the 12 months to September 2015. Of the larger companies, MLC (17.2%), CommInsure (14%) and MetLife (11.5%) recorded well above-average percentage increases in their annual group risk inflows, largely due to pricing increases. ...

MetLife reports 61pct global earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
MetLife has announced its third quarter results, revealing a 61% decrease in operating earnings to US$705 million ($986 million). According to MetLife chair, president and chief executive Steven A. Kandarian, this drop can be attributed to "macroeconomic ...