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ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed its first independent chair following Jim Minto's decision to retire from the role and as a director on 30 July. Minto was appointed chair in November 2013, and has been an ASFA ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... Horne (Consumer Innovation Award) and Zurich's Richard Dunkerley ("Big Thinking" Award). Retiring TAL chief executive Jim Minto was also given a Lifetime Achievers Award. Loane commented: "Jim, your leadership and stewardship of the Australian life insurance ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... has risen in younger Australians - in particular those between 18 and 34 - by 1.9 to 26.4. TAL group chief executive Jim Minto believes this is due to the GFC and how it influenced younger Australians' perceptions of income protection. "One factor that ...

TAL boosts profit in half-year result

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... regulatory change and an increasing focus on the quality of advice and product sustainability," TAL chief executive Jim Minto said. "TAL continues to enhance its claims management with a focus on 'return to health and work' initiatives and we are focussed ...

TAL lobbies for annuity regulation change

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... product is such that there is no advantage to the holder from indefinitely deferring payments." TAL chief executive Jim Minto said: ""TAL strongly supports the provision of incentives to encourage retirees to purchase retirement income products, particularly ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... "These are the first appointments of independent directors to the trustee board of the fund," TAL Group chief executive Jim Minto said. "We have spent some 12 years now actively rationalising our trustee structure down from multiple trustee companies ...

TAL's Minto to retire, new CEO named

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
TAL Group chief executive officer Jim Minto will retire on April 2015 and a new chief executive will replace him. Minto will remain at TAL until the year end process is completed in the first half of 2015, TAL chairman Duncan Boyle said. TAL Life chief ...

TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... over 30 years' experience in the insurance industry in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. TAL Group chief executive Jim Minto welcomed Boyle to the role and thanked Thomas for his leadership though a period of very high change for the company. "We were ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Insurers have been carefully positioning the market for price hikes for some time now. In August 2013, TAL chief executive Jim Minto told Financial Standard that rising claims, particularly from people claiming total and permanent disability cover on ...

TAL maintains profits, amid record claims

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... revenue rose 24% to $2.3 billion. Total claims for the period paid rose 38% to $885 million. TAL Group chief executive Jim Minto said: "In each year of the three years of full ownership by Dai-ichi Life, TAL has grown its underlying profit in what has ...