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Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007

... technical relief for insurers from the product disclosure statement provisions, when a person to be covered under a group insurance product would have acquired the product as a wholesale client if they were the insured.

Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007

... move to focus on investments almost exclusively, has lost a large part of its insurance expertise. Focusing on group insurance and pricing just exacerbates the problem. "Training across the industry is not what it was and this has lead to a dumbing down ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007

Confirming the importance of insurance for super funds and also the prime weakness of group insurance, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is appealing for fund members to nominate binding beneficiaries. In response to rising trustee ...

MetLife sells annuity business to Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007

... business to Challenger Life. The sale is part of MetLife's strategy to focus on its core strengths, particularly group insurance. "This transaction will free resources to further fuel MetLife's growth, allowing us to focus our resources, energy and expertise ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006

AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

AXA boosts group cover

KATE HAGE | MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006

AXA has boosted its group insurance offering, raising the maximum levels of insurance for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) as well as increasing the expiry ages for both categories. Under the new terms, but still subject to underwriting ...

Scale fails to buy cheaper premiums

KATE HAGE | THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006

... premiums, according to a Rainmaker report. Rainmaker's associate director of research, Andrew Keevers, said the 2006 Group Insurance Review revealed that while scale may offer administrative efficiencies, it fails to drive down the cost of premiums to ...

FCA levels insurance field for DIY funds

Family Care Australia (FCA) has teamed up with MetLife Insurance to provide self-managed super funds (SMSFs) group insurance products at fees on par with that of large employer and industry funds. "Unlike members of large employer or industry funds ...

MetLife changes put focus on service

... Kelly and Aaron Stokeld, have been appointed to the institutional team. Kelly spent the past eight years in the group insurance market with Comminsure. Stokeld was also employed with Comminsure and has experience in distribution, marketing, IT and customer ...

Pillar appoints in push for more master fund business

Pillar, one of Australia's largest superannuation administrators, has appointed a new general manager of marketing administration as it continues its growth strategy towards capturing more master trust business. Mark Luciano has taken up the position ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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