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Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... today announced it entered into a strategic relationship with MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, one of the largest general insurers in Japan and the parent company of MS Private. The deal will see Challenger provide a $500 million equity placement to MS&AD ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite employees at 13 life insurance providers, two general insurers, 10 industry stakeholders and six EY partners and directors. It argues that life insurers are generally slow to embrace the ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Life and general insurers face the risk of higher asset charges if a sovereign downgrade occurs, according to senior portfolio manager- fixed income at Nikko Asset Management, Darren Langer. In July Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) revised the ...

Aviva launches first in range of new funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... and substantial growth." Aviva Investors is the global asset management business of Aviva, one of the largest general insurers in the UK, and currently has about A£246 billion ($474 billion) in assets under management.

Hyperion AM most-improved for 2012: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... Antares High Growth fund was the third most improved, jumping 94 spots, from 110 to 16. Strategic positions on general insurers provided the "biggest bang for bucks" at Antares, as well as holdings in healthcare group CSL, a spokesperson said. Australian ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... Queensland floods and storms, were not as prevalent in the last financial year. Moyser said that this year the general insurers have borne a larger share of the costs of smaller events, such as the Melbourne storms in 2011, impacting their result. The ...

Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... a significant capital buffer ahead of regulatory changes, particularly the new capital standards for life and general insurers. AMP said that LAGIC reforms would have a $200 million impact on its life business, but that it was well placed to handle the ...

Earnings on the up for industrials

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... in profit for airlines, general insurance and steel but an improvement should be reasonably straight forward - general insurers will benefit as natural disasters cycle into the pcp (prior corresponding period) and airlines move past industrial issues." ...

Insurers want wireless relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Life and general insurers plan to enter the wireless space and build smartphone applications to build interactive relationships with consumers, new research shows. The report by Telstra, Mobile Innovation - The Next Frontier for Growth and Productivity ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... services industry. In a letter written to the industry, APRA clearly advises all deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general insurers, life insurers, superannuation trustees and friendly societies to be wary of the introduction of cloud computing into ...