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APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... industry's response. The regulator first announced it was intervening on IDII products in 2019 and extended the deadline for insurers to overhaul IDII products by a full year (to October 2022). But now APRA has expressed disappointment in life insurer's ...

TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... increases, with lump sum growing by 8.8% and income protection by 20.6% over the 12 months to September 30. "New life insurers who recently commenced sales have had an impact and are amongst those included in the awards. The general improvement in the ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... for suicide prevention and members' mental health - founded SuperFriend, bringing together the super industry, life insurers and mental health sector. She was also passionate about seeing more women in the superannuation industry, co-founding Women ...

BlackRock strengthens Australasia, APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... board and have high-level responsibility for sales and client servicing across sovereign entities, pension funds, banks, insurers, asset managers, asset consultants, family offices and financial advice practices," BlackRock said.. Across the Pacific ...

Integrity Life grows distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... AIA. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to lead Integrity Life's retail distribution team. As one of the newest insurers to the market, Integrity is a genuine, fresh alternative who is supporting partners (and their clients), so they can focus on ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... insurance operations and transformation. With 23 years experience, Makita has led management consulting engagements for insurers and financial services clients across Japan, Australia, US and South East Asia. "We are thrilled to have Yoshiro join the ...

CFS awards platform technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... will launch a new wrap platform offering by the end of this year," he said. FNZ works with global asset managers and insurers such as Vanguard, abrdn, Findex, and Singlife. CFS chose FNZ following a 12-month selection process based on its IT infrastructure ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... for clients as well as advisers - and it is currently the most difficult conversation taking place between them. Life insurers are increasing their premiums across the board and within 12 months or 18 months, push through a second rate increase. Premiums ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... grilled at the Hayne Royal Commission where she struggled to answer basic questions about the dodgy sales practices of life insurers.