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Suncorp appoints new wealth and life intermediaries head in executive reshuffle

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... experience in the financial services industry, joining Asteron Life in July 2014 as a national key account and group insurance manager. Suncorp has also consolidated three business units resulting in a series of senior management overhaul. The company ...

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... AustralianSuper group executive of membership, Rose Kerlin, said the move follows feedback from members stating group insurance premiums were eroding account balances. The recent life insurance parliamentary inquiry found group insurers were not doing ...

The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... payment. Read Rainmaker Information director of data and head of superannuation research Stephen Fay's blog: Does group insurance need to be sold and not bought?

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... for those who don't, the funds could best use it to grow super balances. Spring called on the Committee to make group insurance available on the myGov website in an effort to raise awareness and engagement around life insurance policies, what employees ...

Group insurance premium arrangements unclear: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... Premium adjustment mechanisms are a means of dealing with uncertainty involved in setting premium rates within group insurance policies, and aim to keep insurers in check by not making excessive profits at the expense of super members. They are commonly ...

Complex operations leaving life customers confused

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... year. In a separate session, Nationals senator John Williams raised concerns over younger people's ignorance about group insurance. Senator Williams pressed AMP chief executive Craig Meller and group executive insurance Megan Beer about this "big problem ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... life insurance space, Saadat said, pointing to higher rates of denied claims at an average of 12%, compared to group insurance at 8% and 7% for retail. Lapse rates in some cases can be as high as 50%, he added. The review involves understanding how insurers ...

MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... Life Insurance is positioning itself to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 million ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... be available across all retail advised, underwritten bancassurance, direct life insurance products and select group insurance clients from late 2017.

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... through superannuation. In an interview with Financial Standard, MetLife chief executive Deanne Stewart said that group insurance provides a "really good value base form of protection", but far too many members just aren't aware of its value or that ...