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Towers Watson looks to non-life insurance

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Bargholz, CEO, AllianceBernstein Australia & New Zealand. Board Members A, Pauline Blight-Johnston, Managing Director, RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia. A, Robin Burns, Managing Director, Equity Trustees. A, Brad Cooper, CEO, BT Financial Group. ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... cent owned by listed alternative investment manager Man, invests in catastrophe bonds, industry loss warranties and reinsurance contracts. Daphne van der Oord, who works within Man Australia's institutional team, said the unit trust had been established ...

Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... key dilemma, and more has to be done from a tax policy perspective. Pauline Blight-Johnston, managing director, RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia, agrees with Stout's views on retirement security. "I think...the biggest debt we have in our industry ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... AIG, the Ohio Funds and the Ohio Attorney General's Office previously announced a $83 million settlement with General Reinsurance Corporation, a $113 million settlement with PricewaterhouseCoopers and a $133 million settlement with chief executive Maurice ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... been updated and OneCare Express has been enhanced for faster navigation. Gerard Kerr, head of product, marketing and reinsurance for insurance at ING Australia, said financial advisers have been requesting the ability to move back and forth between ...

Northern Trust wins $1.8bn custody mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... billion insurance firm, Beazley. Beazley is one of Lloyd's top five managing agents. The firm writes insurance and reinsurance business in the US through Lloyd's syndicates and Beazley Insurance Company. Last year, the insurance firm underwrote gross ...

New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... she said. Leading insurers have said they intend to use the figures as a benchmark - along with Government figures, reinsurance data and their own internal company tables - to assess premium rates and charges for consumers. For example, ING Australia ...

Nephila wins $166m in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... investors that have poured a combined $166 million into Nephila Capital last year. Nephila specialises in catastrophe reinsurance. A press statement noted that a large industry fund and corporate super fund have joined AMP and MLC to invest in the Bermuda-based ...

CommInsure appoints head of wholesale risk dist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... business. His experience spans life and general insurance, workers compensation, health and government insurance, plus reinsurance. Woodward's roles have covered business development, operational improvements, strategies for growing markets in developing ...