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Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) will begin to offer higher yielding, longer dated bonds, which will then be used by insurance companies to facilitate the issuance of sovereign annuities. Pension funds could use the sovereign annuities to meet their ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... a $160 million contract with Sunsuper. AIA replaces Suncorp Life to provide death, disablement and income protection insurance cover to over one million members of the $15 billion-plus Sunsuper. Metlife Insurance, another incumbent insurer of Sunsuper ...

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... around 80 per cent of advisers are writing some of their risk business via investment platforms while the average life insurance premium per adviser climbed a significant 32 per cent this year. "Advisers are optimistic about growth in the next twelve ...

LUCRF simplifies insurance for more cover

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
LUCRF Super is encouraging its members to top up their insurance by simplifying the application process for more cover. LUCRF Super members aged between 15 and 69 can now complete a special insurance offer form and answer three simple questions to increase ...

Macquarie Wrap launches model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... which can be selected from Macquarie Wrap's managed investments, listed securities, and/or cash. Justin Delaney, head of insurance and platforms for Macquarie adviser services, said that Macquarie worked closely with advisers to understand, design and ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
HOSTPLUS has upgraded its insurance cover and kept member fees unchanged as part of a three-tier strategy to improve member services. The super fund said it would continue to freeze membership fees until at least January 2012, remaining at the same ...

MLC acquires remaining Meritum stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... their current roles. Meritum has over $3.5 billion in funds under management and in excess of $45 million in annual insurance premiums inforce. It employs around 110 financial advisers nationally.

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and income protection insurance for First State Super's 380,000 fund members. According to an ASX statement, annual insurance premiums are expected to exceed ...

Insurers slow to custom fit products: research

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
From fast problem resolutions to creating products that fit consumers' distinctive needs, some insurers are still largely ill-prepared to fulfill their customers' wants, research shows. Consulting firm Accenture sampled over 3,500 consumers in six countries ...

OnePath launches OneCare on super platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
OnePath has launched its OneCare insurance product onto its Oasis Asset Management platform, providing both retail and traditional group insurance options in super. Oasis, a specialist wholesale administration wrap platform, launched OneCare insurance ...