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NobleOak Life offerings recognised for excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... Insurance Excellence Awards have been presented in Sydney by Strategic Insight, the research house formerly known as Plan for Life. NobleOak Life took home the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, also receiving the TPD Award for its Premium ...

Bank life risk businesses lose market share

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... sale of new premiums, the latest data from Strategic Insight shows. Numbers from the researcher, formerly known as Plan For Life, show the market share of AMP, CommInsure and NAB/MLC all went backwards over the 12 months to 30 June. CommInsure's share ...

Masterfunds grow despite underperformance of platforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... billion over the last financial year, according to data from Strategic Insight. The research house, formerly known as Plan for Life, has released its annual analysis of wrap, platform and master trust managed funds, showing that the market has now grown ...

Risk inflows reflect boost in market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Strategic Insight, formerly known as Plan for Life, has released its report on individual and group risk premium inflows for last financial year, showing an overall boost in the market. Total risk market inflows grew 5.5%, increasing from $14.9 billion ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... dementia, financial abuse of some kind, or poor decision making," Dr Asher said. The first study came from actuaries Plan For Life and was sponsored by the Actuaries Institute. It compiled data supplied by 15 large super funds, accounting for more than ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... 5.9% over the 12 months to end of March owing to significant falls in group risk sales. The latest figures from Plan For Life show even though overall risk premium inflows for March were up 6.2%, a 16.7% fall in group risk sales leaves the majors down ...

Majority of Masterfunds see losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... majority of leading companies reporting small or modest reductions in their MasterFund businesses, according to Plan For Life research. Macquarie group was the only company to see substantial growth (19.9%), following an internal transfer last quarter ...

Challenger, AMP come out on top in difficult managed funds year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Challenger were the only wholesale fund managers to report any significant growth in the March 2016 quarter, according to Plan for Life research. On a quarterly basis, the wholesale funds sector fell 3% during the March quarter. Annually, the wholesale ...

Group risk premium inflows up 6.9%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... Overall group risk premium inflows increased 6.9% in the 12 months to the end of March 2016, the latest numbers from Plan For Life show. Of the larger companies in the group risk space, TAL, AIA and OnePath recorded the best flows with increases of 24.8% ...

Life Insurance Risk Market inflows up 6.6%

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... inflows continued to climb but at a slower rate in 2015, up 6.6% from $14.4bn to $15.4bn according to research from Plan for Life. All leading companies experienced increases in their risk business led by TAL (19.3%), BT / Westpac (13.4%), MetLife (11.7%) ...