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Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australia's reinsurance industry is running low on job candidates, particularly analysts and actuaries, resulting in companies turning their focus offshore to other markets. While reinsurance employees are comparatively loyal to their firms, analyst ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... young families who mightn't see the value in life annuities," he said. Melinda Howes, chief executive, Institute of Actuaries, also questioned why Australia didn't have what she called a "vibrant" post-retirement market given its size, and pointed to ...

Actuarial certificate delivery speeds up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... development manager at Supercorp. "The actual actuarial certificate is then sent to superMate following confirmation by the actuaries. The accountant no longer needs to stop work, wait for a certificate to arrive and then start again; work continues ...

Deloitte boosts super practice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Deloitte Actuaries & Consultant's has appointed a new superannuation industry consultant to its Sydney team. Russell Mason joins Deloitte's Sydney team from Mercer's defined contribution practice, where he was the Asia-Pacific head and leading the focus ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... solutions. "Either we build it or we give advice, but no one has focused on the ageing population and we have a floor of actuaries focused on just that." Mercer will reshape its wealth management offerings to include globally resourced research tools ...

Rice Warner: opt-in cost applies to advisers in regular contact

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... talking about the go-forward position, which is new pieces of advice," said Richard Weatherhead, director, Rice Warner Actuaries. "We've assumed that all good advisers should be seeing their customers at least once a year but certainly once every two ...

Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... financial crisis but the uptake has been patchy with some funds having no buffer at all, new research has found. Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants scrutinised 65 industry funds that collectively manage $250 billion in funds for 12.4 million accounts. ...

ANZ launches new life cover for over 50s

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... medical tests or health questions to get ANZ 50+ Life Cover, which can be bought over the phone. According to Rice Warner Actuaries, direct life insurance sales now account for almost 18% of the Australian life market. The forthcoming ban on commissions ...

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... $669 billion in June 2010, based on the survival needs of families and dependants after death according to Rice Warner Actuaries. Comparably, the level of life underinsurance is $3,073 billion on an income replacement basis while total and permanent ...

Direct insurance secures major player status

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... industry and as a real competitor to advisers and group insurance alike. According to latest figures from Rice Warner Actuaries' latest Direct Life Insurance Report, direct accounted for 11.8 per cent of in-force business with total sale for 2009 to ...