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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%) ...

Platforms rise by $51.4bn in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
The latest platform and wrap analysis from Plan for Life shows overall masterfund business increased by $51.4 billion or 8.3% during 2015, now standing at more than $672 billion. Plan for Life said masterfunds climbed $31.2 billion or 4.9% in the December ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... industry saw marked growth in the 2015 posting 7.5% growth in funds under management, according to figures from Plan For Life. The numbers show retail managed fund assets under management grew to $748.8 billion in what the researcher described as a year ...

Up to 2.4m super members affected by CommInsure scandal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... principle, and if any of our business partners do not meet these standards, this may trigger a new partner tender." Plan For Life numbers for 12 months to 30 June 2015 show that CommInsure's share of the overall insurance market, both group and non-super ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
BT Financial Group has been awarded 2015 Life Company of the Year at a ceremony hosted by Plan for Life and the Association of Financial Advisers in Sydney last night. BTFG collected three of 13 awards on offer, also winning the Income Protection Award ...

Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Annual sales in the risk market dropped by 23.7% in the year to September 2015, according to Plan for Life research. Plan for Life's consolidated report on both group and individual risk lump sum and income insurance inflows revealed that while some ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... income premium inflows increased 5.5% to more than $2.4 billion in the year to September 2015 according to the latest Plan For Life data. BT/Westpac led the overall percentage growth, recording a 16.7% increase in risk income inflows to about $256 million ...

MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... penetration in the industry fund sector such as AIA Australia, TAL Life, OnePath, CommInsure and Hannover Re. In fact, a Plan for Life report released on October 20 showed that MLC's share of the total life risk market (which, it should be noted, included ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Zurich has won in three categories at Plan For Life's 2015 Direct Life Insurance awards. Aside from the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, Zurich also picked up the Term Life and Customer Service for Life Companies awards. Held in Sydney ...