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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 ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... compared to the year before, while AMP (-8.9%), BT and Westpac (-6.9%), MLC (-4.5%) and Zurich (-3.2%) all followed suit. MetLife managed to buck the trend growing by 5%, while smaller player ClearView performed well to post 10.3% growth. TAL, the market ...

What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
New research from MetLife suggests that financial advisers should consider multiple payment structures to meet client needs. The MetLife Client-Adviser Relationship Report looked at what clients want from financial advice and life insurance. The research ...

MetLife appoints KPMG super director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
A director of superannuation advisory at KPMG is set to join MetLife in a newly created role. Wendy Tse will join MetLife in April as chief of staff and external affairs. She will advise MetLife's clients on regulatory and government affairs, as well ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... to let them know that from 3 February 2020 insurance fees for death and total and permanent disablement will increase. MetLife is the group insurer for MTAA; it is also the group insurer for Tasplan - the $10 billion fund that MTAA will merge with in ...

Risk advisers a dying breed: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... start using a new insurer in the next 12 months, with the new, less established insurer brands such as NEOS, Integrity and MetLife leading in planner perceptions," Choi said. Investment Trends said the market was still competitive despite the takeovers ...

Super fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... risen by up to 21% for members of an industry superannuation fund. As of this month, First Super and its group insurer MetLife have bumped up the cost of death, TPD and voluntary income protection cover. According to the fund, the increase is a fixed ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... insurance and mortgage commissions go then advice will become unaffordable for ordinary Australians." This comes after MetLife research found 60% of advice clients believe the removal of life risk commissions would increase underinsurance. While the ...

Risk commissions must be retained: MetLife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... underinsurance in Australia, latest research shows. That is a key finding of MetLife's second annual What Clients Want: 2019 MetLife Adviser/Client Research Report, previewed at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide. ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... changed in the number of Australians that are aware they have access to life, TPD and income protection cover through super, MetLife said. Nearly 40% of super fund members who were aware they had insurance inside super did not know they could modify ...