MEDIA RELEASES
PRODUCT UPDATES
MARCH 2018 All the results of the Life Company of the Year Awards, hosted by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) supported by Strategic Insight, were announced on 15th March 2018. The Awards are based on underlying independent Risk Benchmarking research by Strategic Insight. Winners announced.
MARCH 2018 The Life Insurance Individual Risk Market (Retail) is going through some major changes. Strategic Insight has reviewed how the Australian Life Insurance market has evolved over the last 10 years, and where it's going over the next 10 years.
DUE APRIL 2018 New Life Insurance Quarterly Review will focus on short term trends over the last 1-3 years. It will include commentary and supporting data tables for the overall market and full company reviews for three major Life Insurance companies each issue.
DUE MAY 2018 Direct Life Insurance Report covers Market Trends, Market Share Statistics, Lapses and Persistency, Market Forecast, Premium Comparisons and Benchmarking of Policy Definitions for Direct Life, Trauma, TPD, Accidental Death, Income Protection and Funeral insurance products.
MARKET INTEL
The latest budget proposes further changes to the superannuation system, after changes every year since 2008.
Recent research of Australian parents has revealed that almost a quarter keep financial secrets from their partner, with the secrets following trends.
Out of Asia’s US$20 billion of net flows, Equity Japan collected over US$14 billion of inflows.
In March, Asia saw the highest investor demand with US$27 billion in flows, with Japan the best-selling market.
