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Life insurance activity rises: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... (52%) are keen to receive information regarding life insurance inside their super. Head of group insurance at MetLife Australia James Carey said the spike in interest in super and insurance was understandable, given the ongoing financial stress being ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... will fund, enabling non-profits to build their capacity to help Australian communities to recover." Last month, MetLife Australia said its philanthropic foundation will partner with Foodbank to provide 186,000 meals to Australians from July this year ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... 186,000 meals to Australians from July this year to next summer as COVID-19 increases the demand for food relief. MetLife Australia and MetLife Foundation's donation represent 10,000kgs of food, the company said. It also equals a $2.3 million social ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... balance, and 11% have changed their investment strategy." Chesne Stafford, chief customer and marketing officer at MetLife Australia said super funds and financial advisers have a significant role to play in helping ease the financial stress of their ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... compared to the year before, while AMP (-8.9%), BT and Westpac (-6.9%), MLC (-4.5%) and Zurich (-3.2%) all followed suit. MetLife managed to buck the trend growing by 5%, while smaller player ClearView performed well to post 10.3% growth. TAL, the market ...

What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... the research that customers are looking for options when it comes to how they pay for their financial advice," MetLife Australia head of adviser experience Matt Lippiatt said. "There are a growing number of consumers who are interested in fees as an ...

MetLife appoints KPMG super director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... data analysis and consulting services to the superannuation industry in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. MetLife Australia chief executive Richard Nunn said Tse would help the insurer navigate the new regulatory landscape. "We anticipate the regulatory ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... start using a new insurer in the next 12 months, with the new, less established insurer brands such as NEOS, Integrity and MetLife leading in planner perceptions," Choi said. Investment Trends said the market was still competitive despite the takeovers ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... insurance and mortgage commissions go then advice will become unaffordable for ordinary Australians." This comes after MetLife research found 60% of advice clients believe the removal of life risk commissions would increase underinsurance. While the ...

Risk commissions must be retained: MetLife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... underinsurance in Australia, latest research shows. That is a key finding of MetLife's second annual What Clients Want: 2019 MetLife Adviser/Client Research Report, previewed at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide. ...