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TAL appoints head of retail claims

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
TAL has appointed former ANZ/OnePath executive Emlyn Pugh as head of retail claims. Pugh headed up life insurance claims management for ANZ/OnePath for over three years and previously at Comminsure where for 12 years his responsibilities ran across ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... associated with bringing investment management in house. Rowell also drew attention to an elephant in the room: group insurance. Following the huge, unforeseen spike in claims that saw one re-insurer (RGA) withdraw from the group total and permanent ...

Hood Sweeney merges with Shearer + Elliss

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Professional services and advice firm Hood Sweeney has merged with accounting firm Shearer + Elliss. As a result of the merger - effective from December 20 - total staff numbers at Hood Sweeney will increase to 110. The Hood Sweeney name will be retained ...

Banks' super products set to be next industry battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... because "in a few years' time, that's where people will see the difference between one MySuper product and another." Insurance is also set to be a space of high competition, as "the insurance component in MySuper is less defined than the investment side ...

Internet chosen ahead of professionals for advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... between the funds." Corcoran said Club Super has looked into combining with other funds in areas such as marketing, insurance, financial advice and investment. On the insurance side, Corcoran said the fund had floated with some insurers the idea of combining ...

Madison appoints general manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Wales, Canberra, South Australia and Victoria. It also has almost $3 billion in funds under management and recurring insurance premiums in excess of $50 million.

HOSTPLUS switches insurers to MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Industry fund HOSTPLUS has made a change to its life insurance offering, switching from ANZ's OnePath to MetLife. HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of MetLife as our Group Life Insurance partner. "We ...

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
With shareholder returns in free fall, the life insurance industry is facing its worst conditions in decades, an Ernst & Young Australia (EY) analysis of the full year banking results found. The report noted how disability claims are rising "well beyond ...

Tyndall AM joins forces with large UK fund house

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013