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MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... Heyhoe. At MLC Life, Kennedy will manage a team of about 130 people and is responsible for developing and executing underwriting strategies together with all new business and underwriting operations. During her time at Royal London, Kennedy was instrumental ...

ANZ revamps life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... pros and cons of this offer and they're marrying that with the clients' individual needs." RGA Australia head of underwriting and technical services, Meredith Barnes, commented the offerings are a good example of innovative product design. "They have ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... one hour and mimicked investment decisions made by bank executives, including buying securities, granting loans and underwriting insurance. Allowed to invest in up to 60 transactions, the participants completed some simple analysis - using a calculator ...

MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... being met." The platform launch follows the recent news of a partnership with Pacific Life Re, offering automated underwriting solutions for customers using the UnderwriteMe program. "We're committed to leapfrogging other life insurance providers in ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... Northern Trust Asset Management's FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds are also supporting the initiative, assisting in underwriting the program launch and course development. "The landscape of investing is changing and data extending beyond traditional ...

ANZ Wealth enhances life insurance process

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... time up to 48 hours. The OneCare Pre-Assessment Wizard aims to assist financial advisers understand the potential underwriting outcomes for certain medical circumstances timely and efficiently. ANZ Wealth head of life insurance Gerard Kerr said advisers ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
The underwriting process is about to get easier for customers of MLC Life Insurance as the firm becomes the first in Australia to offer UK underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Partnering with the engine's proprietary owner Pacific Life Re, MLC Life ...

Ausbil adds key MicroCap team hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... having previously served as chief executive, asset management and reinsurance for Insurance Australia Group and chief underwriting officer, international for ACE Tempest Reinsurance. All three of Ausbil's new recruits commence in July 2017.

Executive hires at SCOR Global Life

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... help grow its local operations. New chief underwriter, Debra Pitcher, will be responsible for the company's life underwriting strategy in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on developing propositions to clients and the end customer. Pitcher has about ...

ANZ appoints chief underwriter

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... appointed as acting chief underwriter following John Leonard's retirement in March, having previously been group underwriting and operations manager and senior manager, insurance transformation since joining ANZ in 2013. Before that, Tilocca held multiple ...