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Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Suncorp was hit with a shareholder resolution today demanding it reduce its investment and underwriting exposures to coal, oil and gas. Market Forces lodged the resolution on behalf of 100 Suncorp shareholders. Suncorp confirmed it has received the ...

MetLife expands retail distribution team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... AIA, AMP and AXA. He joins the team with more than 30 years' experience in the industry across licensees, insurance, underwriting and product design. To be based in Brisbane, Dave Evans will also be join MetLife as strategic account manager, focusing ...

ASIC boosts AFSL application requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... insurance underwriters will need to provide the corporate regulator with a life insurance capacity statement and underwriting agency capacity statement respectively. ASIC said the change will help determine whether it has reason to believe an applicant ...

TCorp appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... client-centric solutions, he said. In his most recent role, Ling manages CBA's debt capital markets, securitization, loan underwriting, syndication businesses and private asset group. Prior to this, his roles included Westpac's head of debt and hybrid ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... cannot be the authorised representative of another AFS licensee - with the only exceptions being general insurance underwriting agents and brokers operating under a binder given by an insurer. The regulator said in circumstances where an authorisation ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Life insurers are ramping up efforts to improve pricing and underwriting efficiencies with the help of startups to make it possible, a new insurtech study shows. The second annual EY and Insurtech Australia report found almost three-in-four (72%) insurtechs ...

Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... life insurance, and specialised in group insurance. McKechnie currently serves as NSW chair of the Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association. She regularly presents at industry conferences such as the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

NEOS continues recruitment drive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... to expand its workforce, with two senior underwriters and four sales managers. Karlton Andrews is the new senior underwriting risk specialist. He spent more than eight years at Suncorp in a similar role and prior to that held senior underwriting positions ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... "The financial services sector is both exposed to those risks, as well as having an essential role in funding and underwriting a future Australia, providing the capital necessary to deliver on sustainable development and climate-related commitments." ...

TAL to add remediation head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... and remediation, to "lead remediation and rectification activities." TAL general manager customer, operations and underwriting Matt Paterson confirmed to Financial Standard the new role would see remediation centralised within the firm's commercial ...