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Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... were 5.8 million covers in force, 95% of lodged claims were paid and the highest cause of claim was accidents at 33%. MetLife's chief strategy and data officer Gerard McDermott said life insurance data is critical to the perceived value of insurance. ...

Insurance premiums soar at Qantas Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... their insurance premiums rise substantially come 1 August 2020 now that the super fund has officially switched insurers to MetLife. The fund blamed a range of factors for the increase, mostly surrounding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. "A range ...

Qantas Super awards insurance mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
MLC Life has lost the Qantas Super mandate with the super fund announcing a new mandate. Qantas Super announced MetLife has been awarded the insurance mandate, effective July 1, 2020. The fund said it was pleased to welcome the global insurer, saying ...

Life insurance activity rises: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... their insurance and superannuation, as the impact of COVID-19 on personal finances continues to be felt, according to MetLife. The new research from MetLife found one in four Australians, or 28%, have undertaken some form of activity with regard to life ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Boost will fund, enabling non-profits to build their capacity to help Australian communities to recover." Last month, MetLife Australia said its philanthropic foundation will partner with Foodbank to provide 186,000 meals to Australians from July this ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... provide 186,000 meals to Australians from July this year to next summer as COVID-19 increases the demand for food relief. MetLife Australia and MetLife Foundation's donation represent 10,000kgs of food, the company said. It also equals a $2.3 million ...

Almost $1bn wiped off risk market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... to buck the trend. TAL enjoyed inflows of 18.8%, while ClearView had the next strongest inflows in the market at 8.3%. MetLife also had positive inflows at 5.8%. However, the inflows for some insurers were offset by a bad year for many. AIA recorded ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
New research from MetLife shows Australian consumers are looking to financial institutions to alleviate anxiety during the current COVID-19 crisis, but more than half claim they haven't heard from their super fund. MetLife's COVID-19 Insights revealed ...

Statewide revises down investment objectives, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... will reduce by 22.7%, death and TPD by 2.6% and income protection by 1.1%. Statewide's group insurance is provided by MetLife. "A number of months ago, based on the increasing costs associated­­­ with service delivery within the sector, we made ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... This means you only pay for what it costs us to provide you with insurance." VicSuper's group insurance is provided by MetLife. In terms of improvements to cover, from April 1 members with income protection cover will be eligible for benefit even if ...