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FEATURE: Insuring against longevity risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... how to make those funds last is yet to be solved. James Fernyhough takes a look at one potential solution: longevity insurance. There is no doubt that Australia's superannuation system is doing something right. For a country of just 23 million people ...

Investec appoints NAB residential lending specialist

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Investec's personal banking which allows advisers to take advantage of a 90% loan valuation ratio without lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) to qualified financial advisers looking to finance their primary residence Before joining Investec Michael was ...

AFA Foundation appoints AIA exec as new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... manager for Victoria and Tasmania. AFA chief executive announced Sciarrone's appointment at the AFA / Plan for Life Insurance Company of the Year Awards in Sydney last night.

Weatherhead to leave Rice Warner for AustralianSuper

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
A former Rice Warner principal is set to join industry superannuation fund AustralianSuper in an insurance role. Richard Weatherhead who is head of life insurance at the independent consulting firm Rice Warner will depart to take up the position product ...

CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
CommInsure has won the AFA / PFL Life Insurance Company of the Year Platinum award, as well as the Investment Bond award. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) awarded insurance companies at the black-tie event held in ...

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
In a financial services career spanning moreA than thirty years, Michael Goodall has held senior jobs in superannuation, financial planning and banking; but he tells Mark Smith that it was his time away from theA industry that has best helped him put ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said advisers who provide tax advice need to extend their professional indemnity (PI) insurance coverage to meet the organisation's minimum requirements. The TPB outlined the proposal in Exposure Draft Explanatory Paper ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found. The life insurer's group risk premium inflows jumped by 110% and went from $222.28 million in the year ended December 2012 ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at whether longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife ...

ClearView launches online health reward system

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
ClearView Wealth has launched a program that gives discounts on insurance policies to clients who prove that they take care of their health. The ClearView online version of the initiative was launched only a day after a major insurance group announced ...