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TAL welcomes new claims executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... experience than any other segment, following a record year for its claims team. Before joining TAL, van Eeden spent 15 years at Swiss Re, most notably as head of life and health claims proposition across the Asian, European and Latin American markets ...

APRA names heavyweight panel to investigate CBA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... the National Competition Council. Broadbent currently services on the board of Woolworths, is the chair of the board of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia Limited and chancellor of the University of Wollongong. Commenting on the appointments, APRA chairman ...

MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... business process outsourcing service to the UK life and pensions industry. She has also worked for AXA Life Insurance and Swiss Re. Heyhoe said Kennedy's intimate knowledge of UnderwriteMe and innovation in the area of predictive analytics will be invaluable ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... November 2016 and the following month terminated its product development and distribution contract with NobleOak. In February, Swiss Re became the insurer of its distributed products. Cohen flagged the company has a medium-term goal of becoming the second ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... platform while also being too big to say, 'This is my product and strategy.'" To illustrate, he proposed an investment: selling Swiss francs to buy Indian rupees. He suggested francs are an overvalued currency by around 10 to 15%, and argued that you ...

Executive hires at SCOR Global Life

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... at AMP for more than five years. She's also held numerous senior underwriting positions at AXA Australia and New Zealand, Swiss Re and National Mutual. Head of underwriting and claims Paula Bourke said Pitcher will bring invaluable experience that will ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' study of the US, UK, Japan, China and Australia's pension systems shows governments bear the ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... stories is Spinifex Pharmaceuticals; a US-Australian company developing new treatments for chronic pain which was acquired by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis International for US$200 million upfront and US$500 million in additional milestone payments. ...

Zurich CEO steps down, hunt begins

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... global chief executive has announced his departure after six years in the role. Martin Senn joined Zurich in 2006 from Swiss Life, becoming chief investment officer. During his tenure as chief executive, Zurich chairman Tom de Swaan said he "successfully ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Swiss Re has announced it will partner with IBM to make use of its Watson artificial intelligence technology. The first Swiss Re business line to use this "cognitive computing" service will be life and health reinsurance, and according to Swiss Re's ...