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FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them in line with retail premiums. This is causing some ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC to offer life insurance cover to its 800,000 members. As a part of the agreement, two new life insurance products - RAC Life Protect and RAC Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide ...

PIMCO rehires senior investment executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Beach office as a senior member of the firm's portfolio management team. He will continue in his role as head of the insurance, diversified income and sector fund separate account teams, and will assume additional responsibilities when he returns to ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... responsible for the superannuation business of life insurer TAL and it is operated through the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund. Peter Lewinsky has been appointed chair of the trustee board while Anne Templeman-Jones has been appointed independent ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
MetLife Insurance will partner Steadfast, the largest network of general insurance brokers in Australasia, to extend MetLife's group life cover to Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two companies have produced a suite of co-branded ...

ClearView names CEO and exec team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... has been appointed general manager - distribution taking on responsibility for distribution of both ClearView's Life insurance and Wealth management products and services. Atit Rungta, formerly chief operating officer of Matrix Planning Solutions, has ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the crisis in group insurance and consider the future of insurance in superannuation. We also look at how the trend towards in-housing might be putting pressure on asset consultants to change strategy ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... industry superannuation funds representing nearly two million members, as well as other institutional investors such as insurance companies, family offices and statutory funds. The Infrastructure Fund investors include Australian Catholic Super and Retirement ...

AMP to enter Chinese pension market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... involve AMP providing technical support to the pension company. China Life Pension Company is majority owned by China Life Insurance Company Limited, China's largest listed life insurance group and one of the largest institutional investors in China. ...

NAB wealth returns "below acceptable levels"

LAURA MILLAN & AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... levels and as a result we are evaluating a number of options to improve the returns of this business," Thorburn said. Insurance earnings increased over the year, reflecting improved claims and more stable lapse performance. Inforce premiums were up 4.9% ...