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TAL refutes duty of good faith breaches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... duration period." TAL also clarified that van Eeden confirmed the process later formalised in the group insurer's Underwriting and Disclosure Review Guide for Claims was already in place. The group insurer said that process did not apply to all claims ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... million. But the adjusted EBITDA was up 6.6% to $64.8 million "This solid result was principally driven by an improved underwriting experience for the retail health insurance business and an improvement in net interest margin for the banking business." ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... services - predominantly in life insurance. McCrea joined ClearView Wealth in August 2012, starting off as a manager of underwriting operations and technology. He rose up the ranks to become head of operations in October 2015. Little was previously national ...

TAL enhances musculoskeletal underwriting initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Life insurer TAL has enhanced its musculoskeletal underwriting guidelines to manage neck pain and promote spinal health. The refreshed guidelines will enable advisers to better understand why underwriting exclusions are applied following neck pain and ...

BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... other occupations under its Professional Package, such as doctors and accountants. Further, BT is streamlining the underwriting process for under-45 year applying for an income product by removing medical tests when applying for up to $15,000 a month. ...

TAL appoints customer operations lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
TAL has appointed a new head for its customer operations and underwriting, filling the vacancy created when the former lead moved to MetLife. Moving into TAL as general manager, customer operations and underwriting is Matt Paterson. He has 15 years' ...

MetLife revamps relationship management and underwriting teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia made several senior appointments to its relationship management and underwriting teams. Rachel Towell and Stuart White are the latest to join the life insurer as state managers for New South Wales and ACT, and Queensland respectively. ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... reinsurance and regulatory affairs James Carey said the scrutiny is touching all elements of the business including claims, underwriting, distribution and product and pricing. Group insurers must also rework marketing, customer experience and digital ...

Life insurers cautious about My Health Record

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... retesting. The insurer also said it was likely these enhancements would significantly reduce time in application, underwriting and claim processing, leading to faster outcomes for customers. TAL agreed access to My Health Record could enhance underwriting ...

MetLife names chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... Campbell officially takes the post on September 17, leaving behind the positon of general manager of operations and underwriting at TAL. Luke Banfield has been the chief operating officer until recently. Managing the Australian operations was part of ...