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Super life insurance misconceptions addressed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The sale of life insurance through superannuation funds has extended both sectors' reach yet the extra exposure is sending mixed messages to current and potential customers. On one hand life insurance payments and claims have been increasing as members ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... employers often negotiate special discounts or special conditions on behalf of their staff and often subsidise fees or pay insurance premiums for their employees. "Some MySuper funds do not allow this structuring to occur and do not recognise the employer ...

Zurich beefs up strategic accounts team

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Services, Millenium3, and ING. Taggart has worked in financial services for more than eight years; mostly in life risk insurance roles. This includes both as financial planner and various business development roles, for both BT Financial Group and Aviva ...

New MetLife hires to drive growth spurt

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
MetLife Insurance, the Australian arm of the US giant, has brought its total number of 2015 hires to 25 as it gears up for growth in this market. In the year to date, MetLife has announced 10 senior hires, all moving to the company from executive roles ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... exchange, derivatives, securities, superannuation, financial planning, generic knowledge, managed investments and life insurance. Australasian financial services body, Finsia, says the industry currently has an opportunity to set a global benchmark for ...

AIA appoints New Zealand head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... the person to replace Wayne Besant as chief executive for its New Zealand business. Former AIA Australia chief group insurance officer Natalie Cameron commences in the role on 8 June. Besant, meanwhile, is heading to South East Asia where he will lead ...

US golden opportunity for listed infrastructure

ALEX BURKE, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... "throughout the world." Humphreys continued: "I think we're pretty well-placed to enter this space because it's a large life insurance company, with very long term liabilities, which is why infrastructure, with very long-term assets, is a very natural ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... of private business, government organisations, non-for profits, unions or industry-wide pension schemes, as well as insurance companies, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Total assets under management of the survey participants were estimated ...

Risk management top worry for asset owners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... the current low yield environment. About one quarter of the global asset owners (23%) - which included pension funds, insurance companies and other financial services institutions - listed risk management becoming more complex as the biggest challenge ...

TAL sees growth in profits and payouts

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
Financial results from TAL's Japanese parent, Dai-Ichi Life, reveal Australia's biggest life insurer has seen a 12% rise in underlying profit to $146.6 million in the year ended 31 March 2015. Premium income rose 21% to $2.2 billion and claims payouts ...