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Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Overall risk sales at the major insurers have fallen 5.9% over the 12 months to end of March owing to significant falls in group risk sales. The latest figures from Plan For Life show even though overall risk premium inflows for March were up 6.2% ...

APRA outlines plans to refocus Appointed Actuary role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... improvements for the Appointed Actuary role within insurance companies. The Appointed Actuary is a mandatory position insurers must have to provide independent, expert advice to boards and senior management on the key financial risks facing an insurer. ...

AFA and Beddoes announce consumer choice award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Beddoes Institute have announced the preliminary award winners of the 2016 Consumer Choice Awards. The awards are given to insurers rated by over 2,100 claimants and advised policyholders. The preliminary winners, ahead of the first Annual Consumer Choice ...

Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... an industry-wide increase in super fund members making life insurance claims, and a large mispricing of risk by group insurers. APRA recently noted group life insurers have chosen to increase premiums to improve profitability and ensure sustainable pricing. ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Australian life insurance companies should be more open to independent assessment to reassure the community of their commitment to transparency and continued improvement, argues Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox. According ...

Consumers turning to the internet for advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... Anthony Brown, chief executive at NobleOak Life. "Customer behavior is rapidly transforming the industry and driving insurers to be more digitally innovative; 32% of people seeking to obtain financial advice for Life insurance use the internet to do ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave insurers vulnerable if large clients change providers. The researcher highlights ASFA analysis which shows more than 70% of ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... infrastructure and property using club deal arrangements. Cerulli expects this trend to grow among Europe's pensions and insurers," David Walker, lead author of the report, said. "Such structures are a clear danger to managers selling their expertise ...

Federation Alliance launches Federation Super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... features include reversionary and non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations, and it provides access to a selection of insurers for retail individual life insurance policies." David Bryant, chief executive officer of Australian Unity Investments ...

Zurich hires head of digital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... one of the first to understand the convergence of mobile technology and social media and its implications for the way insurers could engage with its customers, distributors and the wider community, a vision which resulted in Zurich launching several ...