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Two appointments for BTFG life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
BT Financial Group made two executive hires for its life insurance business. Kim Cohen will drive product innovation and customer-focused solutions as the life insurance business' head of product. Cohen joined BTFG in 2008 as a life pricing actuarial ...

Steady increase for life insurance premium flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Life insurance premium inflows inched 2.1% in the 12 months to March, the latest analysis from Strategic Insight shows. The report, which analyses life insurance across group risk insurance, individual risk lump sum and risk income insurance, found ...

New role builds Suncorp Marketplace momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Suncorp's executive general manager of insurance operations will head Suncorp Marketplace - the cornerstone of the business' strategy for improving the distribution of Suncorp's brand and third-party products. Promoted to the role of chief program excellence ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Evans Dixon chairman David Evans has assembled an investment team of former chief executives to raise up to $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix ...

InFocus restructures to support growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
A period of substantial growth will see InFocus welcome a raft of new additions to a restructured leadership team. Taking on the role of general manager, financial advice is former head of wealth management for Heritage Bank Richard Herbst. Having also ...

Suncorp appoints non-executive director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Suncorp has filled a board vacancy with the appointment of a new non-executive director. Joining Suncorp's board is Simon Machell. He is currently a non-executive director and chairman of the risk committee at Prudential Corporation Asia, and chairman ...

Nikko AM restructures fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
Nikko Asset Management is merging its Australian fixed income division with its global team, which will see the departure of three local staff members. The Australian operation is integrating with the firm's London-based global fixed income team and ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The rise of peer-to-peer insurance and smaller insurance tech companies should be taken as a warning to established players - and APRA isn't going to protect outdated business models from failing. APRA member and former Suncorp Life chief executive ...

Suncorp inches closer to NZ insurer takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Suncorp increased its stake in a leading New Zealand insurer to 19.9% following a takeover bid in February. Suncorp's bid for Tower Insurance occurred shortly after the latter entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings. ...

Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...