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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... regular basis we review the insurance offer that we provide to the members at REST," he says, "and we use an independent actuary to help us understand what would be fair value for our members in terms of giving them different forms of life insurance. ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... "The scheme will remain 100% fully funded at all times," Pitt said, and added that according to valuations by the State Actuary, the defined benefit scheme has a funding surplus of more than $10 billion. "Queensland is the only Australian jurisdiction ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... policy changes may have on the overall costs of the superannuation system to Government. Mercer senior partner and senior actuary Dr David Knox said that recent inquiries into superannuation reiterate the need for evidence based evaluation. "We've had ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... finishing her Bachelor of Economics and Mathematics in Adelaide. She was 22 and had just moved to Sydney to work as an actuary. "I realised quickly that I didn't want to have a career as an actuary," she says. "But the real shock was when my boss told ...

Howes to join AMP wealth management business

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... director of policy & industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). She was also an actuary at ALEA Actuarial Consulting and director, superannuation and retirement products at BT Financial Group. As the sole professional ...

Actuaries Institute recruiting after CEO resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... director of policy & industry practice at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). She was also an actuary at ALEA Actuarial Consulting and director, superannuation and retirement products at BT Financial Group. As the sole professional ...

Actuaries Institute gives guidance on FCRs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... reached their conclusion," he said. Speaking at the ASFA Conference today in Sydney, Darren Wickham and fellow leading actuary James Collier, two of the co-authors of the new professional guidance added: "FCRs are widely used in the insurance industry ...

Estelle Pearson Actuary of the Year

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Finity in 2007. Her work includes extensive research presented to the Institute and to the insurance sector, work with the State and Federal Governments on the liability crisis in 2002, her role as actuarial expert to the HIH Royal Commission, and as ...

Plan For Life predicts retail managed fund growth

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... years, are now evidencing renewed vigor and are forecast to make an increasing impact in future years," said Simon Solomon, actuary, Plan For Life. Superannuation, both personal and corporate, as well as retirement income products, are expected to continue ...

Super trustee guidelines for retirement estimates

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... estimate must also set out the mandatory content explaining how the retirement estimate has been calculated, as well as state the purpose of the estimate. Guidelines can be downloaded on ASIC's website.