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Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... be launching a roadshow in March in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Germany to help insurtech startups liaise with insurers and investors.

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
A best practice framework released by SuperFriend presents significant areas life insurers and superannuation funds can better engage with employers, and help employees return to work quicker. SuperFriend's latest guide, which builds on its managing ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... August 2016 to focus on the surveillance of life insurance advice. Under the project, ASIC receives reports from life insurers that list advisers who meet specific thresholds relating to lapsed policies. ASIC analyses these reports and other data to ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... or via mobile devices, up 35% compared to 2016. NobleOak's chief executive Anthony Brown said the challenge for life insurers in the future is to stand out and differentiate in a mature industry where the consumer is taking more control with better digital ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... 2016 and 35% in 2015, while more than a quarter said they would like to establish a new insurer relationship in 2018. "Insurers that cultivate their planner relationships and maintain high satisfaction levels will benefit from lower attrition levels," ...

ASIC successfully files injunction against Melbourne advice provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... significant advice fees being payable to the practice from the consumer's superannuation and the commissions paid by insurers. A hearing on 22 December resulted in the business being prohibited from carrying on a financial services business; provide ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... stronger inflows as a result of winning significant superannuation fund insurance mandates during the year. Among the group insurers, AIA Australia held the largest market share (27%), followed by TAL (24.7%) and MetLife (8.8%), CommInsure (12.6%) and ...

FSC finalises life insurance APL guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... 2018, Australian financial service licencees who are members of the FSC will be required to include three or more life insurers on their APL. On top of this, unless the APL is "open" - that is to say, it includes all APRA-regulated life insurers - AFSLs ...

Former AustralianSuper risk head joins AIA ahead of CommInsure acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... through New Zealand's ASB Bank, as well as AIA solutions. The sale increases AIA's position as one of the biggest life insurers in the Asia-Pacific region. AIA Group chief executive and president Ng Keng Hooi said it will "strengthen AIA's protection ...

ANZ sells life insurance business for $2.85 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... able to provide our customers with access to wealth products from one of the world's leading and most respected global insurers," ANZ group executive - Wealth Australia Alexis George said. "Zurich's experience in working with banks around the world to ...