Pauline Blight-Johnston
Managing Director
About RGA Australia and New Zealand
We entered the Australia and New Zealand markets in 1996 on the strength of our facultative underwriting and we soon added other reinsurance products and services, including retail, group and financial solutions. In less than a decade, we were conducting business with all of the major life insurers in Australia and New Zealand, and today we are one of the leading life reinsurers in the region.
In 2009 and 2010, we were named “Australia and New Zealand Reinsurance Company of the Year” by the Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards.
Comprehensive Products and Services
We offer a comprehensive range of products and services, including individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance (critical illness and disability) and group reinsurance (life and disability). We can also help you manage your aggregate risk exposures and optimise your capital position through capital-efficient reinsurance, asset-intensive reinsurance and bulk longevity reinsurance. In addition, we have expertise in product development, bancassurance, traditional and alternative distribution.
Our team of 85 full-time associates can provide you with support across the entire lifecycle of your business, including underwriting, claims management, product development and pricing.
Underwriting Expertise
We have one of the most experienced underwriting teams of any reinsurer in Australia. Our innovative
e-Underwriting Solutions are designed to help your organization underwrite better, faster and with greater consistency.
Our flagship underwriting product, AURA, has the strongest underwriting rules engine in the market, and a database of more than 200,000 underwriting rules including impairments, medications, sports, avocations and treatments. We also offer AURA Hosted, which is particularly effective at removing barriers in bringing simplified-issue solutions to market. It can be implemented quickly, securely and easily in almost any environment.
When it comes to
facultative underwriting, RGA is the worldwide leader. The company reviewed nearly 300,000 cases worldwide in 2010 and has reviewed more than 3 million cases since 1979.
In addition, our clients have access to RGA’s
Global Underwriting Manual (GUM), which is an extensive and easy to use online underwriting manual. We also offer benchmarking studies, which track numerous statistics on underwriting departments throughout Australia and New Zealand so you can evaluate how your underwriting teams compare to your peers throughout the industry.
Medical Support
Our local team is strengthened by the expertise of four consultant doctors dedicated specifically to supporting Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. Our doctors are specialists in numerous fields and provide significant breadth to our underwriting and research capabilities. RGA has consultant doctors around the world.
Power of Shared Knowledge
At RGA, we believe in the power of shared knowledge. When you partner with us, we will help your underwriters and actuaries stay abreast of the latest knowledge, research and trends through conferences and training opportunities, including RGA’s
Global Underwriting Learning Framework (GULF). We also share our insight and expertise through newsletters, white papers and articles.
Advancing the Australian and New Zealand Insurance Industry
We have a strong commitment to the growth and success of the Australian and New Zealand insurance industries. Our experts are members of numerous insurance-related organizations and associations including:
- Academy of Life Underwriting
- Financial Services Council
- Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
- Institute of Actuaries of Australia
- Australia Life Underwriting and Claims Association
- Finsia
- New Zealand Society of Actuaries
- Institute of Actuaries
- Actuarial Society of South Africa
We invite you to contact us to learn more about how we can meet your reinsurance needs – whether you want to bring a new product to market, improve the performance of an existing product or better manage your risk and capital through financial solutions.