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MLC Life recruits head of underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... improved customer experience and higher productivity. He previously worked in senior management positions at AIG, Swiss Re and RGA. Kennedy commented that Jones joins at a time when MLC begins a new era of underwriting. "His experience across Australia ...

ANZ revamps life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... as key - they're explaining the pros and cons of this offer and they're marrying that with the clients' individual needs." RGA Australia head of underwriting and technical services, Meredith Barnes, commented the offerings are a good example of innovative ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... Award, sponsored by Australian Medico-Legal Group, went to BT Financial Group claims consultant Rhiannon Wilson, while the RGA ReInsurance-sponsored Consumer Innovation Award - for "excellence in the use of emerging technology to engage with consumers" ...

TAL nabs ANZ exec for new finance role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... focus on our new strategic direction," Griffin said. Pfister was also chief financial officer and risk manager at reinsurer RGA, chief financial officer at Swiss Re and chief financial officer at motoring, insurance and financial services group RAC. ...

FSC appoints AMP exec to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... superannuation, investment, pensions and platforms business portfolio. Prior to joining AMP, Blight-Johnston was managing director of RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia and before that was chief financial officer and appointed actuary for Asteron Life. ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... "If everything else is equal, the difference between industry and master trusts will be in the insurance offering," he said. RGA Australia chief pricing actuary Martyn Gilling acknowledged that the claims experience is different in industry and retail ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... 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, she said funds must take stock. "We are ...

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Reporting season reveals insurance black spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... market gets more competitive and people want better value," he said. Losses of $300 million in Reinsurance Group of America (RGA)'s Australian operations as a result of a spike in TPD claims have also sounded alarm bells within the industry. The group ...

AIA tackles spike in mental illness-related claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... year in mental illness-related claims. It has become such a problem that reinsurance company Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) last month announced that it would no longer quote for TPDs through super funds. TAL chief executive Jim Minto was candid ...