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Insurance inflows up 12.9% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... billion this year. At the same time, group risk premium inflows were up 24.1% to $5,339.31 million in the same period. MetLife experienced the highest annual growth (113.8%) and was the fourth largest group insurer in Australia by premium inflows. AIA ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... expensive than retail cover, thus robbing group insurance of its main selling point: its low cost. Speaking at the same event, MetLife chief distribution officer Mike Goodall02 agreed that this was a risk. "In repricing [the group] side of the industry," ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
MetLife Insurance will partner Steadfast, the largest network of general insurance brokers in Australasia, to extend MetLife's group life cover to Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two companies have produced a suite of co-branded ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... insurers must form consortiums if they want to continue to provide group cover to the growing 'mega-funds', according to MetLife head of distribution Michael Goodall. Speaking at an even hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

AustSuper premium hike sees surprise member response

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... funds are left with poorer risks." This, he said, could prove to be a major threat to the entire group insurance industry. MetLife chief distribution officer Michael Goodall agreed: "In repricing this side of the industry, we run the risk of anti-selection ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... managed superannuation administrator of the year awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The awards are supported by MetLife and span 15 divisions including Fund of the year, MySyper product of the year, long term performance, SMSF administrator ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
MetLife has appointed former TAL head of customer service and operations Luke Banfield as its new chief operating officer. Banfield replaces Michael Henderson, who has left the company. MetLife has also appointed Tim Tez to the newly-created role of ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... group risk sub-market showed the strongest growth with inflows up 19.1%. This was driven by well above average rises for MetLife and TAL which saw increases of 103.2% and 40.1% respectively. The growth seen by these two companies was attributed to super ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... in Australia looks set for a shake-up. In the past week it was widely reported across the Americas that global insurer MetLife has become concerned that middle class people don't have the same attitude to life insurance of former generations. Arresting ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... the latest Plan for Life insurance risk market inflows report shows. Overall annual risk sales were up by 25.7%, with MetLife leading the pack and reporting a sales increase of 311.9%, off a relatively low base. TAL grew by 127%, NAB/MLC registered an ...