TAL links up with education foundation
07 March 2016
TAL has joined forces with the Personal Injury Education Foundation to provide professional courses for its claims and rehabilitation teams…
Life Insurance
ANZ insurance moves in structural shake-up
07 March 2016
ANZ’s insurance business in Australia will merge into a new wealth division that also includes superannuation and investments…
MetLife to sell US adviser force
07 March 2016
MetLife has agreed to sell its network of 4000 US advisers to the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company for an undisclosed sum…
New FPA chief focuses on consumer trust
07 March 2016
The Financial Planning Association’s new CEO Dante De Gori says it is “business as usual” for the industry body…
AMP reveals board changes
07 March 2016
Former AMP Life non-executive director Geoff Roberts will join the financial services company’s main board in July…
Banyan recruit to lead Australasian push
07 March 2016
Banyan Work Health Solutions has appointed Ben Vanden Boom to lead the group’s expansion in the Australian and New Zealand life insurance markets…
ASIC hits out at ‘car yard life cover’
29 February 2016
Only $6 million was paid in claims from life insurance policies sold through car yards in the four years to 2014, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission…
Life industry ‘favours death over disability’
29 February 2016
Australian life insurers are attaching greater value to mortality than disability, a new report by the Financial Services Council claims…
Advisers drive ClearView life result
29 February 2016
ClearView says its life insurance inforce premium grew 30% to $132 million in the six months to December 31…
AIA continues to deliver strong results
29 February 2016
New business in AIA’s “other markets” division, including Australia, grew 32% to $US250 million last calendar year…
Synchron signs mortgage referral deal to aid advisers
29 February 2016
Synchron has signed a mortgage and finance referral deal with NAB-owned Advantedge, to lift its advisers’ revenues when commissions are cut under forthcoming industry reforms…
Switch to fee-for-service hits Centrepoint revenue
29 February 2016
Revenue from Centrepoint Alliance’s adviser business fell 6% in the six months to December 31 due to its switch to a fee-for-service model…
Australia helps Swiss Re turn around life business
29 February 2016
Swiss Re says its Australian life and health business recorded $US1.1 billion of gross written premium last year…
Scor life premium rises
29 February 2016
Scor Global Life has reported a 20% increase in gross written premium to €7.6 billion for last year, with increased business volumes in Asia…
YBR continues to grow life business
29 February 2016
Yellow Brick Road says life insurance premium grew 44% to $9.8 million in the six months to December 31…
South African entrant teams up with NobleOak Life
22 February 2016
NobleOak Life will be the insurer for South African group PPS Mutual when it begins operating in Australia next month…
AMP life insurance profit dips
22 February 2016
AMP’s life insurance business has reported a 1.6% decline in operating earnings to $185 million for last calendar year…
Commissions take toll, but life industry makes gains
22 February 2016
Commissions remain a significant part of life insurers’ expenses, according to latest industry figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
Mortgage Choice planning arm moves nearer to net profit
22 February 2016
Mortgage Choice’s financial planning business has reported a $787,000 gross profit for the six months to December 31, up from $553,000 in the corresponding period of 2014…
Challenger reports further annuity gains
22 February 2016
Challenger Life has reported a 4% increase in annuity sales to $1.6 billion for the six months to December 31…