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New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... they want to stay on a commissions basis structure,' said Richard Weatherhead, director and head of life insurance of Rice Warner Life insurer CommInsure said it supports the reforms that improve the quality of financial advice and enable more Australians ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... to dwindle through unnecessary fees, new figures show but financial planners can help. According to research house Rice Warner, just over 12 million active life insurance policies were attached to superannuation funds as of June last year. Rainmaker ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... fight has become, Rantall's comments come just two days after the Industry Super Network (ISN) published research by Rice Warner, a Sydney-based actuarial consultancy that has long been associated with advice industry research, which claimed the actual ...

Media Super switches from Pillar to Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... will happen in April." Media Super had to put out the tender for a new administrator under its licensing conditions. Rice Warner conducted the tender process and reviewed five different providers before selecting Mercer.

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... key focus," said Jim Minto, managing director of Tower. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super, said Rice Warner conducted the fund's insurance review. He said Tower won the deal after coming out "impressive in key criteria". "Their customer ...

ANZ boosts super contribs for female staff

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Services Association asked for superannuation to be included in any parental paid leave scheme after figures from Rice Warner Actuaries found a 35 per cent difference in super between women with children and men.

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Australian society to call for it [increase in SG]," she said. The super fund commissioned research, conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries, which found the average Australian retiring at 65 years old would only have 60 per cent of their equivalent income ...

Westpac gives employees 12 months super pay

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... research found Australian mothers typically accumulate much less retirement savings than men. Research conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries found the average Australian woman would have $91,400 or 35 per cent less than a man in their superannuation savings ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... ideal "one per cent fee" mark touted by regulators prior to the super review. But Cooper said using the same research (Rice Warner figures), funds under management in the corporate sector grew by roughly 93 per cent over that same period, which means ...

AvSuper appoints Hannover Life Re

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... "extensive benchmarking review and tender process" conducted over the last quarter. The Canberra-based fund engaged Rice Warner to help with the selection process. "AvSuper is currently finalising an improved range of insurance terms and conditions with ...