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TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... premiums, said the life insurance industry continued to grow albeit now at a much more modest pace than in the past. All life insurers reported increases in inflows except for CommInsure, which saw risk premiums decline by 11.4% year-on-year to $1.6 ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Financial advisers must recognise they are the key conduit between clients and life insurers; otherwise the experience at claim time could be unfavourable to all parties. Succession Matters insurance and estate planner Mike Sayer said advisers who accept ...

Risk advice firm partners to launch claims service

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Advocacy (ACA), which is designed to act on policyholders' behalf while attempting to improve financial outcomes for insurers and superannuation fund trustees. ACA will provide personalised support for policyholders currently lacking claims advice. Clients ...

Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... adopters, but the global market is at the tipping point of mass adoption, he added. More than 100 global pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, financial advisers, asset consultants and banks with US$7 trillion in AUM took part in the resea ...

QIC boosts US presence with acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... than 700 employees and serves more than 110 clients including governments, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and insurers, spanning Australia, Europe, Asia, Middle East and the US.

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... stating group insurance premiums were eroding account balances. The recent life insurance parliamentary inquiry found group insurers were not doing enough to prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple super funds and life insurance policies. ...

CommInsure executive joins AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... follows AIA's acquisition of CommInsure for $3.8 billion. The sale increased 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 ...

Life insurers challenged by waning planner loyalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... new insurer relationship in the coming year. Senior analyst King Loong Choi said the findings highlight the need for insurers to articulate a value proposition that extends across the entire value chain. "Insurers need to provide support from the back ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Life insurers need "common sense" when designing more affordable products that are sustainable for consumers and will create sustainable businesses for financial advisers, according to a new ANZ whitepaper. ANZ Wealth's Life insurance: The case for ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... customers, in a more efficient way for our shareholders." 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 ...