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PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... direction of UK interest rates and had to be basically bailed out by the Bank of England." S.G. Warburg was purchased by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and became UBS Warburg after SBC merged with UBS in 1998. In the meantime, Hoyle took on a series ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... may change soon, however, with new players coming into the life insurance marketplace. Some insurers (such as MetLife and Swiss Re) are entering into partnerships with supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths respectively) to offer policies to these companies' ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live". In fact, so certain of an ECB QE was the Swiss National Bank (SNB) that it bet its house when it removed the CHF1.20 per euro ceiling last week. The resulting sharp appreciation ...

Life company profits flat

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... were $243 million. Other life companies that were in the red in APRA's last set of figures were MetLife (-$50 million) and Swiss Re Life (-$137 million), along with reinsurers Reinsurance Group of America (-$71 million) and Munich Reinsurance Company ...

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... its financial services business, Woolworths Money. It offers HSBC white-labelled credit cards, and life insurance through Swiss Re. It also offers car, travel, home and pet insurance. On its website, it states: "Into the future we look to bring you exciting ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... markets trading with Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust and has gained valuable experience through her board positions with Swiss Re, Q Super, Athletics Australia and St Vincent's Health." "Jan had a successful executive career in banking, capital markets ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... partnering with Australian supermarket giant Coles to distribute life insurance while Woolworths has partnered with insurer Swiss Re and Heath Australia to supplement their group risk super fund distribution. Reinforcing the strategic refocusing, William ...

TAL nabs ANZ exec for new finance role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... direction," Griffin said. Pfister was also chief financial officer and risk manager at reinsurer RGA, chief financial officer at Swiss Re and chief financial officer at motoring, insurance and financial services group RAC. During her career she has worked ...

CommInsure appoints head of investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Henderson Global investors as associate director of investment solutions. Earlier this week, CommInsure appointed former Swiss Re head of life and health in Australia and New Zealand Helen Troup as executive general manager at CommInsure, effective April ...

CommInsure nabs exec from Swiss Re

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Former Swiss Re head of life and health in Australia and New Zealand has been appointed executive general manager at CommInsure, effective April 7, 2014. Helen Troup will be leading CommInsure and joining the wealth management leadership team, Commonwealth ...