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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released the Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics publication for the June 2015 reference period. The Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics publication provides industry aggregate summaries of financial performance, financial position, capital adequacy and key ratios in a time series. Net premium for the industry in the year ended 30 June 2015 was $61.0 billion, up from $53.2 billion in the previous year. Net policy payments for the industry for the same period were $59.6 billion, up from the previous years $47.9 billion. Net profit after tax was $2.8 billion for the year ending 30 June 2015, up from $2.2 billion in the previous year. The June 2015 quarter profit was $773 million compared with the March 2015 quarter profit of $830 million. The total assets for the industry were $299.0 billion as at 30 June 2015, up from $282.7 billion a year earlier. The prescribed capital amount coverage ratio for the industry was 1.78 as at 30 June 2015, down from 1.83 times in the previous year. Copies of the June 2015 Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics publication are available on the APRA website at: www.apra.gov.au/lifs/Publications/Pages/quarterly-life-insurance-statistics.aspx The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry. It oversees Australia’s banks, credit unions, building societies, life and general insurance companies and reinsurance companies, friendly societies and most of the superannuation industry. APRA is funded largely by the industries that it supervises. It was established on 1 July 1998. APRA currently supervises institutions holding $4.9 trillion in assets for Australian depositors, policyholders and superannuation fund members. Media and industry enquiries only: Andrew McCutcheon APRA Media Unit Telephone: 02 9210 3636 All other inquiries: APRAinfo: 1300 55 88 49