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MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... partnering with Australian supermarket giant Coles to distribute life insurance while Woolworths has partnered with insurer Swiss Re and Heath Australia to supplement their group risk super fund distribution. Reinforcing the strategic refocusing, William ...

TAL nabs ANZ exec for new finance role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... Griffin said. Pfister was also chief financial officer and risk manager at reinsurer RGA, chief financial officer at Swiss Re and chief financial officer at motoring, insurance and financial services group RAC. During her career she has worked in a number ...

AustralianSuper insurance premiums to rise by 35%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... the market condition." He revealed that representatives of the fund and TAL recently travelled to Zurich with reinsurer Swiss Re to look at solutions and strategies to tackle the issues that the sector is facing at the moment. "We need to take a different ...

CommInsure appoints head of investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Henderson Global investors as associate director of investment solutions. Earlier this week, CommInsure appointed former Swiss Re head of life and health in Australia and New Zealand Helen Troup as executive general manager at CommInsure, effective April ...

CommInsure nabs exec from Swiss Re

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Former Swiss Re head of life and health in Australia and New Zealand has been appointed executive general manager at CommInsure, effective April 7, 2014. Helen Troup will be leading CommInsure and joining the wealth management leadership team, Commonwealth ...

Govt sharpens knife with Swiss tax treaty

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
The government is set an updated tax treaty with Switzerland for the first time since 1980. Federal Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury said the revised treaty would "strengthen administrative assistance between Australian and Swiss revenue authorities ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
US investment manager BlackRock will acquire Swiss Re's European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise, Private Equity Partners. The sale of Swiss Re's US$7.5bn unit is expected to be completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement ...

Macquarie Life appoints national underwriting manager

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... leading Macquarie Life's underwriting team. Bertasso previously held roles with CommInsure, AMP and with global reinsurer, Swiss Re. "Marcello has a wealth of experience in the life insurance and reinsurance industries, which sees him bring to Macquarie ...

Roadmap to life insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... consume 20 per cent of the market," said Meller. Neil Sprackling, director and head of client markets life and health, Swiss Re added that there will be a necessary expanding of talent in the insurance market. "We need to get on a recruitment drive to ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... reportedly warned holders of Japan catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) could get hit. Reinsurers such as Flagstone Re, SCOR, Swiss Re, and Munich Re sell catastrophe bonds to investors to reduce their own risk with 10 catastrophe bonds worth more than $1.5 ...