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APRA responds to industry concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... made drafting changes to reduce uncertainty in a number of areas including expanding the expectations in considering insurance product design issues, clarifying expectations, improving clarity for the section on comparison component of the outcomes assessment ...

Industry's Best of the Best celebrated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... add several new categories, with a Best Value Super Fund for Young People award, while also highlighting the cheapest insurance offerings in super for both men and women. Money magazine managing editor Darren Snyder said the magazine chose to recognise ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... see her lead sales across all of State Street's products and client sectors including asset managers, asset owners, insurance, official institutions and alternatives. Brosnan has over 17-years' experience in sales and business development roles with ...

APRA floats insurance in super change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
APRA has floated proposed revisions to prudential standards covering insurance in super, including requiring independent verification of insurance arrangements to ensure they are in the best interests of members. The prudential regulator has released ...

Life risk insurance not profitable: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Profitability in life risk insurance has dropped to the extent that the sector is now loss-making in aggregate, according to KPMG. The global consultant's analysis of the financial results of Australia's life insurers shows the sector made an ...

Mental health costs insurers $750m per year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... economy from the adverse effects of poor mental health, $750 million of that is felt by the financial services and life insurance industries. "We have substantive costs that by and large can be prevented if we are all thriving. The life insurance industry ...

Aviva restructures, plans new retirement focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... and is now simplifying its structure with plans to separate the group into five businesses, including UK Life, general insurance, Europe Life and Asia Life. The fifth business will be a dedicated investment, savings and retirement division to tackle ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... have proved to consistently add the most value to members through sustained investment performance, best value fees and insurance, product innovation and investment leadership. The winners are selected based on quantitative and qualitative research ...

Industry fund appoints new group insurer, ups indirect fee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... insurer. At the same time, the fund has increased its indirect administration fee. Intrust Super recently awarded its group insurance mandate to AIA Australia, ending its 15-year relationship with Hannover Life Re. The mandate change was effective September ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
The proportion of financial advisers specialising in life insurance has more than halved in the last five years, according to Investment Trends research. In its 2019 Planner Risk Report released today, Investment Trends revealed just 15% of advisers ...