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EU instos shed banks, set up alternative trading venues

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... in Australia is the fixed income market. If the new capital requirements for banks compromise liquidity in the market insurers, superannuation funds and other institutional investors could resort to alternative trading venues or even set up their own ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC) in June, life insurers are now developing fee-for-service products for the model adopted by Findex; the first one Findex advisers will recommend has ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... groups who complain about insurance. It stops churning, keeps insurance advice affordable and improves profitability of insurers because products will stay on the books a lot longer." Synchron has approached seven insurers with the product design so ...

Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... be similar to the existing codes for banking and general insurance and will aim to set out best practice standards for insurers, including in relation to underwriting and claims management. The government will also consider measures to widen advisers' ...

High-risk pursuits may undermine super funds' solvency

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... regardless. At the same time, though, lapse rates are also on a downward trend, which is evidence that, at the very least, insurers are retaining existing business. While DEXX&R's research shows discontinuances steadily increasing since 2010, the attrition ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... following its announcement it will close 175 stores in North America and eliminate 250 headquarters jobs. Leading health insurers were mostly higher following reports of merger talks between various players. LONDON - Europe's main markets have rebounded ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... analysed 15,408 risk options offered by 235 super funds and master trusts. The report suggests this has come about because insurers are "placing greater scrutiny on policies held by larger clients and repricing them more rigorously," following their ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The latest in a gamut of life insurers to adopt, or at least consider, hybrid commission structures comes from Suncorp-owned Asteron Life. Following recent announcements by Centrepoint Alliance, AMP, Fortnum, Findex and Centric Wealth, Asteron Life ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... increased automatic acceptance limits; and what APRA perceives as "generous" terms and conditions. APRA indicated that insurers are responding to these concerns with changes including reducing "opt-in" offers that don't require a health check-up, tightening ...