MEDIA RELEASES
PRODUCT UPDATES
SEPTEMBER 2018 The 5th Annual Strategic Insight - Direct Life Insurance Awards 2018 is to be held on Thursday 18th October 2018 at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art and includes music, lively debate on the secrets to modern life with Rob Carlton and Justin Hamilton, three-course dinner, networking and Awards presentation.
SEPTEMBER 2018 Life Insurance companies have implemented programs designed to impact beneficially on the health and wellness of customers. It’s a mutually beneficial outcome for policy holders and for Life companies that follow a customer-centric approach. Strategic Insight has developed a methodology to compare “Health and Wellness” initiatives. The pinnacle of this research is the Strategic Insight - Life Insurance Health & Wellness Awards!
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.
MARKET INTEL
FOS releases its annual report on disputes, with an increase in complaints of 11 per cent for the last financial year.
ASIC’s report into insurance inside superannuation shows there is room for improvement.
Fidelity launches global emerging markets ETF
AMP cans SMSF lending, divests $440m from tobacco
Tobacco exclusion indices launched by MSCI
Bill introduced for revealing target markets of financial products
SMSF lending proposal from ASIC
New fintech agreements signed between Australia and US, Luxembourg
IOOF appoints CEO of Financial Services Partners
Magellan appoints new CEO
NGS Super names new CEO
QSuper CIO retiring in a year
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.