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Super insurance still worth billions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
The life insurance industry continues to profit from its superannuation policies despite the spike in group insurance claims, figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show. According to APRA's Life Insurance Supplementary ...

Zurich moves on from group insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... book to new mandates and it will cut two jobs as a result. A Zurich spokesperson told Financial Standard that group insurance represents a tiny part of the business and added that the company is a very small player in the group sector. Rainmaker data ...

NAB wealth division reports flat earnings

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... as a result of investment markets performance and positive net funds flow in previous periods. However, higher group insurance claims and higher costs to support regulatory change affected the result. "Excluding costs supporting regulatory change, operating ...

MetLife to make 32 appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... staffers across claims, product and pricing, client relationship and finance. "MetLife is strongly committed to the group insurance segment in Australia and to life insurance overall and intends to continue investing to generate and support long term ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... that, then the wise old heads won't be listened to," he said. Focusing on the claims crisis currently facing the group insurance industry, Laughlin explored a number causes, including competition driving premiums too low, changing social attitudes toward ...

MLC GM to chair community foundation, focuses on mental health

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... interest and, in particular, improving the mental health of Australians. Bourguignon, who is general manager of MLC Group Insurance and managing director of Plum, joined MLC in 1999. During this time she has held a number of key strategic and finance ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... price of insurance premiums has skyrocketed in the past few months, while profit has plunged, especially within group insurance. For the full story, download the March 24 issue of the Financial Standard iPad app here.

Smaller funds don't need to merge: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... to boutique investment managers and service providers catering to smaller super funds, and potentially better group insurance deals. In contrast to larger funds, which have a membership with a non-uniform risk profile, he said legalsuper has been able ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... the individual and disability insurance market, it lost overall market share thanks to its small share of the group insurance market. In the group sector, AIA Australia had the number one market share at 25.18% and more than $1 billion in in force premiums. ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found. The life insurer's group risk premium inflows jumped by 110% and went from $222.28 million in the year ended December 2012 ...