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EISS appoints CIO from Suncorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... responsible for Suncorp's strategic and dynamic asset allocation, as well as a consultant to the Suncorp superannuation and insurance businesses on investment related issues. Etherington has also held senior roles at KPMG and AMP. "Ross Etherington brings ...

Zurich exits Singapore life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
Zurich will no longer accept new life insurance policy applications in Singapore. In a statement, the insurer said this came about "following a comprehensive review of our life insurance business in Singapore." As at December 1, the two entities affected ...

Retirement income to take super centre-stage

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... taking a dominant role in the sector. The report also comments on the ongoing prospects for the individual and group risk insurance markets, predicting that individual lump sum in-force premiums will increase by 9.2% per annum to $15 billion by June ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... recorded losses in growth by 2.3% and 0.4% respectively. MLC did recently announce it is cutting premiums for two life insurance products by up to 15% as part of a reinvigoration aimed solely at attracting new customers. Plan For Life data also shows ...

Australian Unity acquires three new practices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... organisation focused on helping our advisers improve the financial well-being of their clients, and not a bank or life insurance company, means advisers see us as being favourably positioned between the institutions and the self licencing option. "We ...

TAL Direct business penalised for advertising

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... consistent with what the product will in practice provide." said ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. Direct income protection insurance can be sold through advisers and some superannuation funds, but due to increasing regulatory pressure on reducing claims ...

Retirees should draw on home equity: Productivity Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... uncertainty around longevity, health, and residential aged care needs. It is also a potentially expensive form of self-insurance that can lower living standards in old age. CEDA recently called for first home buyers to have access to their superannuation ...

Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
An industry superannuation fund and its insurer have launched an online life insurance claim tool that enables quicker payments and helps identify return to work and rehabilitation services for members. Sunsuper and AIA Australia announced their new ...

Bombora appoints chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... financial services industry is continuing to undergo change in response to new legislation/regulations and the proposed Life Insurance Framework (LIF)." Bombora focuses on boutique independent advice businesses.

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master ...