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Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... deliver solutions for clients," he said. Barings is the asset management subsidiary of MassMutual, one of the largest life insurers in the US. Barings has US$470 billion in assets under management.

TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... years, with over 11,000 Australians making claims in relation in 2024-25 alone. It comes as the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is developing an industry action plan for mental health claims to ensure claimants are assessed appropriately.

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... exist, and it is becoming a busy space with fund managers such as Perennial offering a retirement "income model" and life insurers in the market with an alternative in investment bonds. But while many Australians are engaging with these products, many ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... conservative capital requirements and it is insufficiently risk sensitive and may exacerbate procyclicality by requiring life insurers to liquidate assets during a market downturn. To address these, APRA proposed redesigning the illiquidity premium ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... update on its consultation to modernise the prudential framework on governance for superannuation trustees, banks and insurers. In March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its cross-industry prudential standards and guidance on governance for the ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... that can't communicate with each other and legacy technology. Superannuation is no different. For example, Gee points to insurers, custodians and call centres using their own technology - none of which are integrated or communicate with each other in ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... - the rapid jump in mental health claims and how long they can take to be settled. In calendar year 2024, Australian insurers paid out a total of $2.2 billion in mental health claims, according to modelling from the Council of Australian Life Insurers ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... paper, setting out key questions to stakeholders and the public on how the Life Code can improve consumer benefits and insurers' conduct. The review was initiated by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) in July and is being led by former ASIC ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... issues. "Legacy systems can create errors in processing, inaccurate disclosures, and mismatched data between trustees, insurers, and administrators," the report said. "Such failures typically affect large cohorts before being identified through complaints ...