Sean Williamson, Chief Group Insurance Officer at MLC Life Insurance, has expanded his team with a number of recent appointments that have significant industry expertise in group insurance and strong partnership credentials with superannuation funds and mastertrusts.

These appointments broaden the team’s existing bench strength and include:

Emily Wu – General Manager, Fund Partnerships. Emily is focused on acquisition of new fund partners as well as managing relationships with existing partners. Emily has strong industry experience in group insurance having previously held product and legal roles at AIA Australia and CommInsure. Emily has experience working with large industry funds, master trusts and government funds.

Suzie Brown – General Manager, MLC Wealth and Corporate Partnerships. Suzie’s role will be to manage our largest partner in MLC Wealth and build out our Corporate Distribution capabilities. Prior to joining MLC Life Insurance, Suzie was the General Manager of Distribution at Integrity Life, and has management experience with large industry superannuation funds, master trusts, platforms and corporates.

Craig Harrison – General Manager, Product, Pricing and Proposition (Group). Craig will lead our Group Product and Pricing functions and brings extensive leadership experience and relationship building skills with funds. Craig also previously led CommInsure’s group insurance business, managing relationships with major industry fund and master trust clients.
The new appointments support the company’s ambition to partner with superannuation funds, underpinned by better digital capabilities and a deep knowledge of the issues affecting life insurance inside superannuation.

The company’s LifeView digital platform continues to be rolled out to fund partners and their members. Accessible via any device, it enables superannuation fund members to self-service such as applying for and increasing their cover online, and lodge and track the progress of claims. It also allows trustees and administrators to access real time data and analysis of their funds’ claims experience.

Sean Williamson said: “Insurance inside superannuation is experiencing significant change in light of COVID-19, and we need to ensure we’re providing the right support and expertise to superfunds as they navigate their way through this period. Our goal is to play a larger role in the group insurance market and genuinely challenge the more established group insurers.

“To do this we need to build our expertise and partnership credentials, and we’re thrilled to appoint Suzie, Craig and Emily to our team. They have partnered with some of largest industry and retail superannuation funds and know what it means to see issues through the lens of our funds, trustees and members. “

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The partnership will take effect on 1 May 2016.

Lachlan Baird, Chief Executive Officer, Prime Super said “This is an exciting change to the Group Life Insurance arrangements for Prime Super. Our goals in undertaking this tender process were to simplify and streamline our offering, to improve the sustainability of premium pricing for our members and to ensure we were offering an appropriate level of cover.

“Prime Super has recently undertaken a significant re-branding process to modernise the look and feel of the fund as well as emphasise the core value of the fund, where the best interests of members is at the heart of everything we do. These new insurance arrangements deliver on the core values of the fund,” Mr Baird said.

Craig Harrison, General Manager Life Product and Distribution, CommInsure said, “We look forward to working with Prime Super to deliver long term value to their members. To be appointed as Prime Super’s insurance partner is a significant achievement for CommInsure, and we are committed to providing a tailored product, claims and service model to meet the insurance needs of Prime Super’s members.”

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