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Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... venture with a not-for-profit health fund and a financial services provider to launch a new combined life and health insurance brand. AIA Australia is joining forces with health fund GMHBA and South African company Discovery; the three will work under ...

Revenue boost for life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Life insurance companies reported a 146% boost in revenue, but failed to improve bottom line performance in the 12 months to March, according the latest APRA performance statistics. Life insurers' total revenue of $37.9 billion was driven mainly by ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... Australian WAM industry participants including executives from the across the superannuation, funds management and life insurance sectors, include: Improving financial literacy Providing one touch access to wealth solutions Simplifying the process for ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... its MySuper option which is a white label of LESF MySuper - meaning it offers group death, TPD and income protection insurance and can accept Super Guarantee contributions. Hannover is their insurance partner. Another point of difference is that rather ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... remain woefully unprepared for the long-term financial burdens associated with the event of a death. The latest Real Insurance Family Protection Survey finds one in four Australian parents spend an hour or more each day worrying about their family, 37.8% ...

Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The life insurance market experienced weak growth in the last three years despite the significant amount of marketing effort and money spent on rejuvenating the industry, a new report shows. Product innovation and intensive marketing activities by insurance ...

Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... accounting standard overhauling how premiums and claims are reported. Under new international accounting standard IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, a life insurance and reinsurance company will need to provide accurate estimates of premiums it expects to ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' study of the US, UK, Japan, China ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Digital insurance technology companies or 'insurtechs' are failing to exploit opportunities in the industry, a new study found. Joint research conducted by global consulting firm Oliver Wyman and German insurance startup Policen Direkt shows the second ...

Research exposes adviser pricing models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... reduce them, Viskovic said. "Pricing financial advice has always been complex, and when you add in a deep-dive to pricing insurance advice, with all of the variables we found used by advisers, it's been no small feat to interpret the data into a piece ...