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APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... the industry average for claims accepted on life insurance through a financial adviser is 80.8%. AMP, CommInsure, MLC and Zurich were all above that average (CommInsure had the highest claims acceptance rate at 89%). Asteron, OnePath, TAL and Westpac ...

Neuberger Berman bolsters distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... was previously a national key account manager at Bennelong Funds Management, a strategic account and research manager at Zurich Investments and a research analyst at Morningstar. Commenting on the appointment, Wallis said: "I am delighted to be joining ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... equities, Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund (24.2% p.a.), BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (23.5% p.a.) and Zurich Concentrated Global Growth (23.1% p.a.) were the winners.

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... to TAL. In comparison, AIA's inflows fell 47.4% during the year, while MetLife Insurance, MLC Life Insurance, QInsure, Zurich Group and BT/Westpac Group fell 12.2%, 27.5%, 8.9%, 25.9%, and 15.8% respectively. The Rest mandate saw TAL's market share increase ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Retail superannuation funds provided by AMP and OnePath continue to charge high fees and deliver poor returns for members, the latest Fat Cat report shows. For the sixth year in a row, AMP continued to dominate robo-adviser Stockspot's Fat Cat list ...

Zurich distribution chief joins boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... footprint in Australia, having launched its third unlisted fund, the Diversified Income Fund, last month. Brooks has been with Zurich for the last 15 years, having joined from Challenger in 2005. She's held a number of roles over the years, including ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... use a definition of MS that MS patients, neurologists, lawyers and MS Australia disagree with. Integrity Life, NobleOak, Zurich, MLC Life and ClearView all use definitions of MS that refer to lesions, demyelination or white matter as needing to be identified ...

CFS partnership to sustain advice industry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... students into financial services firms over the next 12 months and has already partnered with IOOF and its subsidiaries, Zurich, Netwealth, BT and Madison Financial Group. Striver chief executive and founder Alisdair Barr said through the partnership ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... the system," Rainmaker said. In the large-cap international equities sector, Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund (23.1%), Zurich Concentrated Global Growth (23%) and BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders (22%) were the best performers. Across growth ...

Zurich rejigs operations team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
Zurich Life & Investments has made a series of leadership changes across its operations team, taking the next steps to integrate with OnePath. Tina Beilby has moved to the newly-created role of head of operations, integration. Beilby is now responsible ...