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Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... The admittance rates for advised individual claims continued to be higher than non-advised claims. Superannuation life insurance claims In the group super channel, admittance rates remained largely unchanged: death (98% in both years), TPD (89%, lower ...

MLC Life makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
MLC Life Insurance has made two senior appointments within its finance team, hiring from TAL and Integrity Life. Lesley Mamelok, who was formerly the acting chief executive of Integrity Life, has been appointed general manager, finance and deputy chief ...

Risk advice most sought-after among Kiwis

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
An overwhelming 70% of products that New Zealand financial advisers recommend are life insurance products, according to the country's financial markets regulator. New statistics released by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) reveals that risk products ...

ClearView adds advice growth role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... Kulikov will be responsible for ClearView's LifeSolutions product and the development of the group's new life insurance solution, which it hinted will be launched later this year.

How advisers can capture young risk clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... is possible for financial advisers to attract young clients and convince them about the benefits of advice and life insurance using new strategies. Integrity Life's The fight for future markets report upends the notion that Millennials completely ...

APRA to overhaul offshore reinsurance standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... regulator has commenced industry consultation on revisions to the prudential standards for life insurers to protect life insurance policy holders against the use of offshore reinsurers. APRA is proposing an aggregate limit on exposures to offshore reinsurers ...

Rice Warner acquired by Deloitte

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... services like benchmarking, tenders, merger assistance and actuarial (financial modelling and defined benefits); Life insurance (benchmarking, tenders, product design, compliance and reporting).

AMP names new chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... Ferrari would stay on in his role. Throughout De Ferrari's time as chief executive of AMP, it has offloaded its life insurance business to UK's Resolution Life, its global equities unit to Fiera Capital, and announced proposed plans for Ares ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Life said. The latest statistics come as Roy Morgan released its latest customer satisfaction report for risk and life insurance. Allianz topped the list with a satisfaction rating of 87.3%, averaged over the 12 months to February 2021 followed by Medibank ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Listed financial services company ClearView Wealth has made a key appointment to its life insurance team. Nick Kulikov has been appointed to the newly created position of head of product and pricing. In the new role he will be responsible for ClearView's ...