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Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... nation's policy holders, and a change to the default model would leave these members exposed where there is some form of underwriting." Combatting the erosion of member balances was among the Productivity Commission's recent recommendations in its review ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... products after raising $165 million of capital and acquiring QBE Life for $21.7 million. The deal saw Integrity Life underwriting the life insurance component of QBE's consumer credit insurance suite sold via financial institutions. Integrity Life ...

LaSalle acquires Aviva real estate business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... about 300 professionals in five global locations working across fund management, asset management, asset origination, underwriting, research and business management. This article was updated at 10.16am on 01/06/18 and again at 12.30pm.

Powered by Lloyds and KPMG, insurtech offers cybersecurity insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... Syndicate at Lloyd's has underwritten the Edmund project. Munich Re Syndicate Limited's London-based chief underwriting officer Dominick Hoare said SMEs are becoming more aware of the business impact of a cyber security breach. However, as their ...

Industry fund increases life insurance engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... with Energy Super having rolled the solution out in November 2017. Last month, MLC Life also launched a new digital underwriting platform, promising to provide instant quotes for life cover. "Underwriting has been an area has been craving innovation ...

JPMAM names acquisitions officer for Australia and New Zealand

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... at Aviva Investors and acquisitions manager at Gibb Group. At JPMAM, he will be responsible for the origination, underwriting, due diligence and transaction of real estate acquisitions in both Australia and New Zealand. "Given their favourable economic ...

Cardena Private Wealth adds life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... insurance specialist with a proven track record of providing expert personal insurance advice and end-to-end support from underwriting to processing claims - MBS Insurance ticked all the boxes," Kilborn said. The MBS-Cardena integrated insurance offering ...

MLC launches digital underwriting platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
MLC life insurance has launched a new digital underwriting platform and is promising to provide "instant quotes" for life insurance cover in as little as five minutes. The digital tool will query a comprehensive database of industry standard questions ...

Freedom acquires bank insurance arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... said acquiring St Andrew's was a unique opportunity to expand manufacturing and distribution, while establishing underwriting capability and accelerating diversification into a broader range of insurance products. "Since its launch in 2009, Freedom has ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
ANZ Wealth's new artificial intelligence-powered underwriting capability has completed a successful test phase with a group of tradespeople. From next week plumbers, carpenters, electricians and builders aged between 20 and 40-years-old can access the ...