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Super fund appoints new insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... an end to some longstanding arrangements. Effective 1 July 2022, members of Equip and Catholic Super will be covered by MetLife Australia. It marks the end of lengthy relationships for both funds and their existing insurers. TAL has provided cover for ...

Industry fund cuts premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... protection and 3.3% for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. "We continuously work with our insurer MetLife and have negotiated on your behalf to reduce premiums for this important insurance coverage," the fund told members. The ...

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... measure and monitor health and wellness activities undertaken by customers. Meanwhile, the Outcomes Experience Award went to MetLife for the positive outcomes achieved by its health and wellness program, demonstrated by better policy retention and improvements ...

Australia Post Super Scheme cuts premiums by 10%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... there will be a few changes to investments, strategic asset allocations and group insurance. The fund's group insurer MetLife found fewer insurance claims than anticipated had been made by APSS members, resulting in the fund reducing premiums by 10%. ...

MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
MetLife Australia unveiled a new digital platform for financial advisers to cater to regulatory and product changes that took effect this month. Key product changes follow APRA's reforms to income protection which kicked off in October. The platform ...

Integrity Life hires product GM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
The life insurer appointed a general manager, product and proposition, hiring from MetLife. Gary Bailison has been appointed to the newly created role after spending the last six years at MetLife. He was most recently chief transformation officer and ...

MetLife enhances mental health policy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
MetLife Australia unveiled a mental health strategy for its employees in light of Mental Health Month. MetLife will create a resource hub that includes content from the Black Dog Institute and its own 360Health program. As part of the initiative, it ...

Statewide Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
The $12 billion industry fund is upping insurance premiums from November. The fund, and its group insurer MetLife, communicated to members that from November a series of changes will be made to their insurance. These include an increase to premiums ...

Data to improve TPD outcomes: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... also need to enhance their data capability for insurance in superannuation. The nine insurers include AIA, AMP, Hannover, MetLife, MLC, QInsure, TAL, Westpac and Zurich which account for around 75% of the TPD market. "Important areas for improvement ...

Lying rife in life insurance applications

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... Australians to make life insurance a regular part of their financial planning," Martin said. In light of this statistic, MetLife's latest Value of Life Insurance report aims to increase customer engagement. As a part of the research, Rice Warner showed ...