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AMP completes Resolution Life divestment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... lifting professional standards for the industry, using AI technology for claims assessment and being one of the first life insurers in Australasia to establish a cloud only strategy which we are in the final stages of executing." As previously reported ...

Government commits to Quality of Advice Review in current form

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... 130 submissions from industry stakeholders including associations, super funds, licensees, technology providers, life insurers and consumer groups. Of the submissions, 18 are confidential. The final report from the review is expected to be handed down ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... vulnerable customers experiencing family violence will also be given greater support, including a requirement for life insurers to have a dedicated family and domestic violence policy on their website. Also of note is new provisions around timeframes ...

Insurers to get new advocacy body

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Australia's life insurance industry will soon have a new peak body, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Expected to launch later this year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective of life insurers who believe it is now time for the sector ...

Mercer appoints sustainable investment leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... sustainable investment team, Mather will continue to advise a range of clients across super funds, endowments and foundations, insurers, and government bodies on all sustainable investing matters. "Globally, acceptance and advancement of sustainable ...

Allianz names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... role in growing and diversifying our investments in the region." Allianz is one of the country's largest general insurers in Australia, with an investment portfolio of around $10 billion.

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... these services would return to work where they otherwise wouldn't have. Super and health legislation currently prevents insurers from providing medical treatment to rehabilitate members and financial payments must be for income protection or total permanent ...

Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... for healthcare costs weekly. Private health insurance premiums rose on average by 2.7 % from 1 April with some major insurers increasing premiums by more than 3%. Other items that increased in price include vegetables and fruit, water and other drink ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... two principal economic issues: taxation and superannuation," he said. Bragg claimed super has made unions, banks and insurers richer than ever and lamented excessive fees and lack of competition. He also called super a strange but huge experiment that ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... inflows increased from $16.7 billion in 2020 to $17.6 billion at 2021 end. MetLife, QInsure and NobleOak were the only insurers to record double digit growth rates in 2021 while most other insurers saw very little change. While off a low base, NobleOak's ...