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PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
In a financial services career spanning more than thirty years, Michael Goodall has held senior jobs in superannuation, financial planning and banking; but he tells Mark Smith that it was his time away from the industry that has best helped him put that ...

MetLife doubled group risk market share in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
MetLife Insurance doubled its group risk premium inflows and group insurance market share in 2013, Plan For Life research found.

ClearView launches online health reward system

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
ClearView Wealth has launched a program that gives discounts on insurance policies to clients who prove that they take care of their health.

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
AIA Australia has launched a fitness program that will be sold to clients who purchase an insurance policy via financial advisers.

Nine in 10 Australians can't get no insurance satisfaction: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Only a select few among working Australians are on top of their insurance needs, leaving the door wide open for financial advisers who have mastered the ins and outs of good insurance.

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
AIA Australia will pay advisers who move to a hybrid commission model, despite the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns on inappropriate insurance switching.

Life insurance losses drag AMP results

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
AMP has attributed its 2% fall in net profit from $689 million in 2012 to $672 million in 2013 to difficulties in its life insurance business.

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy.

Asteron Life wins Super Rugby naming rights

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Asteron Life has partnered with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) in signing a three-year naming rights sponsorship of the Super Rugby series, which will be known as the 'Asteron Life Super Rugby Tournament' in Australia.

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Group insurance risk management will be top of the agenda in a number of thematic reviews to be carried out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), according to the regulator's general manager Greg Brunner.