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APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... will look at affordability and, in particular, sustainability in group insurance arrangements. His comments come after a spike in claims has significantly pushed up group insurance premiums. Brunner also said APRA would be carrying out a thematic review ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... executive Andrew Proebstl. At a time when most super funds are facing hikes in group insurance premiums thanks to an unexpected spike in claims, Proebstl said this is one area where niche funds have an advantage. "This is a really tangible example of ...

AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... business, and they report quite plainly to us that that's not an issue." Silk did not deny that there has been a significant spike in claims, but he said it was an industry wide problem. "It's plainly not an AustralianSuper issue. You saw AMP have had ...

Advisers leave China and turn to US growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... August 2012 and August 2013, from 3% to 18%. "This suggests that the improving performance of overseas markets has seen a spike in investor interest over the last year," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. About 40% of advisers said that ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... management in house. Rowell also drew attention to an elephant in the room: group insurance. Following the huge, unforeseen spike in claims that saw one re-insurer (RGA) withdraw from the group total and permanent disability (TPD) market altogether ...

Facebook turns on profits as teenagers turn off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... singular social media strategy. Facebook declared a 60% jump in September profits to US$425 million causing share prices to spike 15% on the news of surging advertising income as Facebook increases ad revenue from mobile devices. But it's the declining ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Bernanke's first hint back in May that he would consider slowing the rate of stimulus was met with a sharp 100 basis point spike in bond yields. "Quantitative easing (QE) is small relative to the scores of trillions of dollars worth of highly correlated ...

AMP platforms soar, SMSFs dawdle

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... insurers, AMP expects to revise its 'incurred but not reported reserves' (IBNR) for the group insurance business, after seeing a spike in group insurance claims.

The (brief) shining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013