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Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015

James Rothenberg, the chairman of active investment management giant Capital Group, has died at the age of 69. Rothenberg, who recently celebrated 45 years with the company, suffered a heart attack on 21 July. He served in a variety of leadership positions ...

AIA sees $1.9bn premium growth

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015

... Other groups reporting double digit percentage growth included Zurich (17.5%), MetLife (15%), and BT/Westpac (13.7%). TAL Group recorded $2.26 billion (4.8%) in inflows, ahead of AMP ($1.96 billion) and AIA on dollar-based figures. As an industry, inflows ...

TAL sees growth in profits and payouts

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015

... "Our products and services have been well-received in the market and we are now insuring one in four Australians," said TAL Group chief executive Brett Clark. "We paid out a billion dollars in claim payments last year, with the majority of payouts going ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015

... the same time, the index has risen in younger Australians - in particular those between 18 and 34 - by 1.9 to 26.4. TAL group chief executive Jim Minto believes this is due to the GFC and how it influenced younger Australians' perceptions of income protection. ...

Insurance inflows up 12.9% in a year

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014

... premium inflows. AIA Australia was first, with a market share of 26.2% and inflows of $1,400.36 million, followed by TAL Group, which saw inflows of $1,304.27 million. CommInsure Group is still Australia's third largest insurer by premium inflows, but ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014

... around 100,000 members. "These are the first appointments of independent directors to the trustee board of the fund," TAL Group chief executive Jim Minto said. "We have spent some 12 years now actively rationalising our trustee structure down from multiple ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014

PIMCO is calling for calm amid the uncertainty which has followed the surprise departure of star manager Bill Gross, reassuring local investors that returns will not suffer. "We manage nearly $2 trillion globally in client assets and we are confident ...

TAL's Minto to retire, new CEO named

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014

TAL Group chief executive officer Jim Minto will retire on April 2015 and a new chief executive will replace him. Minto will remain at TAL until the year end process is completed in the first half of 2015, TAL chairman Duncan Boyle said. TAL Life chief ...

TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014

... from 2002 to 2006, following over 30 years' experience in the insurance industry in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. TAL Group chief executive Jim Minto welcomed Boyle to the role and thanked Thomas for his leadership though a period of very high change ...

Mandates and pricing boost MetLife, TAL group inflows

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014

Superannuation fund insurance mandates and pricing increases placed MetLife and TAL well above-average in annual group risk inflows. MetLife recorded a 105.9% increase in overall group risk premium inflows during the year ended March 2014, according ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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