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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 ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Award). Other winners included Suncorp (Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award and Funeral Cover Stepped Premiums Award) and MetLife (Marketer Customer Service Award). "The Direct Life Insurance Market continues to grow, not only in terms of sales, but also ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... insurance increase of about 80%. "We then sat around and wondered whether insurance was sustainable for our members." MetLife head of group product, Maria Crocker, told the forum there were solutions to work around developing insurance products at super ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... largest group insurer in Australia with a 21% increase to $1.5 billion, CommInsure recorded a 20% increase to $755 million, Metlife recorded a 12% increase to $544 million, MLC an 18% increase to $509 million, AMP Group a 23% increase to $442 million ...

Hostplus brings insurance fees down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... premium decrease follows negotiations and a recent partnership renewal between Hostplus and global life insurance provider MetLife. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the $18 billion superannuation fund has also extended its death insurance cover ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... imperative', is based on an April 2015 survey of 280 insurance executives across 20 countries, including life insurers like MetLife, Life Insurance Made Easy (LIME), Beagle Street and AMP. The report found that less than a third of insurers surveyed ...

Global Financial Inclusion winners announced

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
The Wall Street Journal's Financial Inclusion Challenge, supported by the MetLife Foundation, has been recognised by The Asia Society in Hong Kong. The Challenge is a global project launched in Asia to recognise innovative, sustainable, scalable strategies ...

AIA sees $1.9bn premium growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... market share percentage over the year. Other groups reporting double digit percentage growth included Zurich (17.5%), MetLife (15%), and BT/Westpac (13.7%). TAL Group recorded $2.26 billion (4.8%) in inflows, ahead of AMP ($1.96 billion) and AIA on dollar-based ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... with Financial Standard 's report on the topic, DEXX&R's group risk research shows that AIA Australia, CommInsure and MetLife remain the dominant players in the group sector.

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... new retail platforms. AIA and CommInsure are the largest insurers by number of fund clients (23), followed by TAL (22), MetLife (20), OnePath and Hanover (17) and AMP (16). Given the low number of fund clients relative to total members covered by each ...