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TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Super fund trustees should re-examine whether the levels of default life insurance cover offered by their funds meet member needs, according to specialist life insurer, TAL. APRA's proposed Prudential Standard SPS250 will require trustees to develop ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... investors with a special dividend and Tower said it would return capital to shareholders after the sale of its medical insurance business. The NZX 50 Index rose 4.61 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4016.77, the highest since the start of January 2008.

Superannuation needs change: Keating

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Australia could use a government-run longevity insurance fund to help provide a better retirement to people who are living longer, said former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Speaking today at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Actuaries Institute gives guidance on FCRs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... leading actuary James Collier, two of the co-authors of the new professional guidance added: "FCRs are widely used in the insurance industry and provide an objective assessment of the key risks faced by the entity as well as an assessment of financial ...

TAL crowned life company of the year

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
TAL has been named Life Company of the Year in CoreData's Annual Risk Report. The insurance giant scored highly on CoreData's three most important attributes - having a strong customer focus, competitive cover definitions and the ease of doing business ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... general manager of corporate strategy and M&A. In the newly created role, Clarke will be working alongside the life insurance giant's managing director Jim Minto. He joins TAL from Oliver Wyman, where he advised financial services companies across the ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Sheehan, managing director of MyAdviser. She says that many advisers, particularly those who have been bred from an insurance sales background, must face up to the revolution that is happening in their industry. "FoFA is moving the industry from a transaction ...

Two boutiques merge to target SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... and Ellingworth's specialist skills in retirement planning, the new practice plans to specialise in retirement, risk insurance, business succession, superannuation, and wealth accumulation. The merger was born when Neil White and Roger Ellingworth - ...

MLC appoints new GM for retail business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
MLC has appointed Elio Garino as general manager for its retail insurance operations. In his new role Garino is responsible for driving service and operations across the new business and underwriting, in-force administration and insurance capability ...

Some retail fund members pay double for insurance: AIST

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Members of some retail funds are paying around twice the average annual insurance premium of other funds but receiving less than a quarter more in benefits, said the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). This happens when trustees ...