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Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Life insurance sales are dominated by the group sector and direct insurers are struggling to keep pace, according to Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. Commenting on Rice Warner's Direct Insurance Report 2015, Baxter described ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... definitions, rehabilitation and return to work programs and benefit design. "In addition, more is being done as we see insurers and funds working together to develop the best offering for their membership needs and balancing the cost inside super. "We ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... innovation imperative', is based on an April 2015 survey of 280 insurance executives across 20 countries, including life insurers like MetLife, Life Insurance Made Easy (LIME), Beagle Street and AMP. The report found that less than a third of insurers ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... provide the best value life insurance products, according to Canstar's 2015 Star Ratings Report. The report found that both insurers "couldn't be separated for top honours in providing outstanding value overall across the life insurance categories." ...

AMP loses risk lump sum market share

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... OnePath's market share has grown from 12.7% to 12.8% and TAL's from 10.3% to 10.5% over the same period. Overall, though, all insurers included in the research reported some annual lump sum premium growth. In the group risk sector, AIA remains the strongest ...

Planners ready for Trowbridge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... change, and many anticipate to evolve their business models accordingly." Furthermore, advisers' appetite for switching insurers remains high, with 35% of respondents switching from underperforming insurers in the past 12 months. "Insurer relationships ...

Planners continue insurer switches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
One in five financial planners is in the market for new insurers according to the latest data from wealth management researcher Investment Trends. The Investment Trends' 2015 Planner Risk Report also found that planners are likely to continue their ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... for the fund given the majority of its members worked in the high-risk energy and resources industry. Energy Super's insurers are MLC and Beazley Underwriting.

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two foundation QIC clients," according to QIC's statement. QGIF will focus on infrastructure assets in OECD countries ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking institutions and insurers who participated in APRA's latest stakeholder survey. APRA noted that overall the results of the director survey were positive ...