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TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... TCorp. The amalgamation brings together a combined investment team who will manage the TCorp Hour-Glass Funds, Self Insurance Corporation's Treasury Managed Fund (TMF), the defined benefit assets of the State Super Pooled Fund, and the assets of all ...

Trowbridge salutes risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) chair John Trowbridge has applauded the industry-led risk reforms package. After the industry bodies behind the LIAWG - the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Qantas Super chief executive to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... than 32,000 member accounts to a new plan administrator, the appointment of an external insurer to provide standard insurance benefits and day-to-day management of insurance claims, and a concerted and coordinated drive to increase member engagement." ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge report, but it failed to address the fact that the real trigger for life insurance churn is "Australia's love-affair with yearly renewable premium rates." Trapnell said that because premiums become more expensive ...

Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Australia's life insurance advisers and providers have reached an agreement to transition from high upfront commissions to alternative remuneration models. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the ...

High-risk pursuits may undermine super funds' solvency

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... banks. We need to make a very clear case for acting before we act. We should not use tools developed in the banking and insurance space as our starting point. "Those tools were developed to deal with firms which have different risk profiles to asset ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Individual death, total permanent disability (TPD) and trauma insurance sales fell by 8% to $280 million in the March quarter, according to research by DEXX&R. DEXX&R's report notes that this time is "traditionally the slowest quarter" for insurance ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Kaplan Professional has launched seven online insurance courses. The courses are designed for both existing insurance professionals and those looking to enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance ...

ANZ SMSF head moves to Zurich

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... superannuation fund (SMSF) platforms at ANZ, Raelene Seales, will be joining Zurich Australia as chief operating officer general insurance. A wealth and banking specialist, Seales will begin the role at Zurich in August and replace current chief operating ...