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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 ...

NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... our customers while improving wealth returns for shareholders," NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said. Plan for Life report of life insurance premium inflows and sales for the year to June 2015 shows that MLC had 12.1% market share of premium ...

Platform flows stagnated in FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Fund flows into platforms barely exceeded outflows in the year to June 2015, according to Plan for Life research. FY15 saw $55.6 billion come into the platform sector, but outflows were $55.3 billion, resulting in a positive net flow of $0.3 billion. ...