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Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Annual sales in the risk market dropped by 23.7% in the year to September 2015, according to Plan for Life research. Plan for Life's consolidated report on both group and individual risk lump sum and income insurance inflows revealed that while some ...

Platform flows stagnated in FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Fund flows into platforms barely exceeded outflows in the year to June 2015, according to Plan for Life research. FY15 saw $55.6 billion come into the platform sector, but outflows were $55.3 billion, resulting in a positive net flow of $0.3 billion. ...

AMP loses risk lump sum market share

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
AMP lost risk lump sum market share to OnePath, TAL and others, according to Plan For Life research for the year to June 2015. Plan For Life's risk market report for the year ended June 2015 shows that overall inflows into the lump sum sub-market grew ...

MetLife to make 32 appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... continue investing to generate and support long term growth," MetLife chief executive Damien Green said. Plan For Life research showed that in the 12 months to December 2013, MetLife more than doubled its group risk premium inflows to $467 million and ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found. The life insurer's group risk premium inflows jumped by 110% and went from $222.28 million in the year ended December 2012 ...

SMSFs double use of retail investment managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... self-managed super funds (SMSF) using retail investment managers has doubled in the last four years, according Plan for Life research. Retail investment managers who have provided a combination of investment and administration services to SMSFs represent ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
While AMP retained its top-ranking in the recent Plan for Life research, the numbers suggest big swings in market share and the top ten list.. The research focused on the life insurance risk market inflows and sales during 2012 and revealed that MLC ...

Online risk applications surpass paper-based: Asteron Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Asteron Life research in 2012 revealed that the group was receiving three electronic-based risk applications for every two paper-based requests, prompting the insurer to redouble its efforts on addressing the technology aspect of providing risk advice. ...

One-stop admin and investment shops target SMSFs

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... the older Administration Service providers, and this may signal new developments in this key sector," the Plan For Life research explains. "There are substantial opportunities emerging for existing players and new entrants in this market."

Life insurance sales close in on $10bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... AIA recording the three highest inflows. Group risk had a rougher year with mixed results. According to Plan For Life research released today, all of the main risk market players reported higher inflows including TAL with 19.2% growth, Zurich with 15.6% ...