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Life insurer chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... providers is retiring after more than 40 years in the industry. Integrity Life has announced its chief executive Chris Powell will retire in the middle of the year, appointing chief financial officer Lesley Mamelok to the role in an acting capacity. ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... Reserve indicated that it would not cut interest rates further - currently at 1.5%-1.75% -- because, according to chair Powell: "Our economic outlook remains a favourable one despite global developments and ongoing risks." Nor would the Fed raise the ...

Chief economist update: Bah humbug

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... policies of the Federal Reserve - Which has called interest rates and quantitative tightening wrong from the first days of Jay Powell!" It's the latest update from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) which shows the manufacturing PMI fell to ...

Integrity Life focuses on SMEs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... provides SMEs with a great way of protecting their greatest asset - their employees," Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said. Group insurance has traditionally been unavailable for SMEs with less than 20 staff due to the generally high cost ...

Integrity Life launches lifetime discount offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... customer's interests must come first, and products must be appropriate for their needs," Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said. "This simple principle is something that businesses such as ours are seeking to address and to play a valuable ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... and then a follow-up reduction to 1.75%-2% - with 49.6% probability from just 8.6% one month ago. How Fed chairman Jerome Powell prepares the world for an upcoming policy reversal - from onwards and upwards towards normalisation to whoops, we've ...

New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... the Royal Commission. Speaking at the Sydney leg of a nationwide adviser roadshow, Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said the firm was well positioned to take advantage of the scrutiny placed on existing life insurers, by building a new entrant ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... neighbours languish. Sooner or later, it'll come back to bite Uncle Sam on his behind. None other than Fed chairman Jerome Powell understands this. In a joint interview with his predecessors - Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen - at the American Economic ...

Two senior hires at Integrity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... next year. It is currently conducting the pilot of its retail products and proprietary systems. Managing director Chris Powell said as Integrity draws closer to the retail launch, it is significantly bolstering the retail team. The appointments follow ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
We may have a Santa Claus rally this year after all! US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spooked us all - in the Halloween month of October - when, in an interview with PBS, he declared that: "The really extremely accommodative low interest rates ...