- FPA Opens Awards Submissions
- AIA Australia Recognised For SMSF Insurance
- MetLife Australia Hires Three Senior Staffers
FPA Opens Awards Submissions
The Financial Planning Association has opened submissions for its annual awards, including two new awards which recognize achievement beyond those of individual financial planners.
While the FPA will continue to present its Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award, Financial Planner AFP of the Year Award, Future Community Service Award and FPA University Student of the Year Award it will also present the FPA Paraplanner of the Year Award and FPA Professional Practice of the Year Award, which will be determined by the results of a Business HealthCheck survey.
FPA CEO, Dante De Gori, CFP, said “The FPA Awards are designed to recognise those who go above and beyond to deliver best practice financial planning for clients. The two new award categories we have launched this year will acknowledge the delivery of excellence at a business level, and through the valuable contribution made by paraplanners,” De Gori said.
Submissions (which can be made here) will close on 2 September and winners will be announced during the FPA Professionals Congress in Perth, on 23-25 November.
AIA Australia Recognised For SMSF Insurance
AIA Australia has been awarded the Best Insurance Provider at the recent annual SMSF Awards 2016, based on ratings provided by more than 1700 practitioners.
AIA Australia’s Chief Retail Insurance Officer, Pina Sciarrone, said the award demonstrated the company’s commitment to the unique needs of the SMSF market with the AIA Australia SMSF Master Insurance Plan product allowing advisers to tailor insurance for SMSF clients according to specific regulatory obligations and risk management needs.
Sciarrone said AIA Australia is focusing on educating trustees on their obligations to include insurance inside self-managed funds and, through working with advisers and accountants, highlighting the importance of a well-constructed risk management plan to cover unforeseen situations.
MetLife Australia Hires Three Senior Staffers
MetLife Insurance has announced three senior appointments recruiting the new staffers from outside the business.
Former head of AIA Vitality, James Carey has joined MetLife in the newly created role of Head of Reinsurance and Regulatory Affairs and will be responsible for developing and executing the insurer’s reinsurance and regulatory change strategies.
MetLife has also appointed former AMP Financial Services, Segment Manager, Holly Dorber as Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy with responsibly for stakeholder engagement. Dorber was also previously a senior policy manager at the Financial Services Council for six years prior to working at AMP.
Stephen Varney has joined MetLife’s Melbourne office as Head of Individual Pricing and Affiliate after moving on from a consultant actuary role having also worked at AMP, AXA, Colonial and National Mutual.
