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Rising interest rates tank life insurer performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... industry grew steadily in the last year to $17.9 billion, its profits copped a beating from rising interest rates. Plan For Life's latest research shows that inflows rose by 3.4% in the year to September 2022. TAL continues to hold the lion's share of ...

HUB24 inflows slow amid challenging market dynamics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... corresponding period. Meanwhile, the ASX200 price index over the 12-month period to 31 December 2022 was -5.5%. According to Plan for Life data, HUB24 was ranked first for quarterly net inflows and second for annual net inflows. The funds platform's ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
TAL, Generation Life, MLC Life and Challenger were among the winners at last night's annual Plan For Life Excellence Awards in Sydney. Now in their ninth year, the awards aim to celebrate achievements in product design and innovation across life ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Overall fund flows into responsible investments continued to grow in the year ending 31 March 2022, according to Plan for Life. As of the end of March, the overall responsible investment market finished 43.6% higher to stand at $120.0 billion and annual ...

Responsible managed funds outdo markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... managed funds market in Australia and New Zealand experienced 43.6% annual growth, outperforming the wider market. Plan For Life research said on average, over the past five years, responsible funds grew 22% per annum compared to 10% for the wider market. ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... Risk inflows grew 5.5% in 2021, with MetLife, NobleOak and QInsure seeing the greatest growth. Latest stats from Plan for Life show life insurance risk inflows increased from $16.7 billion in 2020 to $17.6 billion at 2021 end. MetLife, QInsure and NobleOak ...

TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... the Term/TPD category, while PPS Mutual took out the award for Risk Product Innovation. The awards are based on Plan For Life's benchmarking metrics: financial strength; market share based on sales and growth over three years; a review of over 90 product ...

Risk inflows marginally recover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... premium inflows experienced slight increases in the 12 months to June 2021, new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life shows inflows jumped 5.1% to $16.9 billion. NobleOak led the growth with 70.8%, followed by AIA (18.9%), ClearView (7%) ...

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
The research and analytics firm announced the winners of its 2021 Excellence Awards for insurers. NobleOak Life took out the Overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award for 2021, going up against TAL Life, HCF Life and MLC Life. NobleOak Life also ...

Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... extend our life insurance experience and capabilities to Westpac's customers now and into the future," he said. Plan For Life figures show that TAL dominates the local life insurance market, holding a nearly 40% share of group insurance at $2.4 billion ...