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Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... conditions," he says. The Insurance Contract Act sets out a good policy on the design feature of standard cover for general insurance but excludes life insurance. "We need standard cover to extend to life insurance," Berrill adds. Australian and New ...

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... the sale and design of life insurance products, in addition to the handling of claims under life insurance and general insurance policies. The administration of life insurance by superannuation trustees will also be covered, bringing super back into ...

CBA restructures executive leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... retail banking services division. The retail banking division will also handle the strategic review of CommInsure General Insurance. Deutsche Bank global group chief information officer Pascal Boillat will relocate to Australia to take on the dual role ...

CBA to demerge CFS, mulls further CommInsure sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank is demerging its wealth management business and undertaking a strategic review of its general insurance arm. Standing as a separately listed wealth management business, CFS Group will comprise Colonial First State, Colonial First State ...

TAL veterans launch new life insurance provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... South Wales sales manager; head of people, partnerships and strategy Martin Kelly, who recently led Westpac General Insurance; and head of operations and underwriting Gemma Wheeler, who was BT's national new business and underwriting manager. In ...

Former Suncorp executive joins MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... business. He helped build Suncorp's commercial insurance capability, including the acquisition of AMP's general insurance distribution business and the launch of Resilium Insurance Broking. Watt said McDermott has an extensive track record of ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Australia Holdings (OPL), but ANZ will retain its New Zealand business along with its lenders mortgage insurance, general insurance distribution and financial planning arms. ANZ will confirm its buyback plans after it has analysed alternatives and requisite ...

Executive pay structure still fuels risk-taking: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... roles at 12 regulated institutions. The sample set included the largest names across the ADI, life insurance, general insurance and superannuation industries. It was extensively detailed, collecting remuneration information across 800 data points, the ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Royal Commission has received 3071 submissions, with 69% pertaining to banking, 9% to superannuation and 5% to general insurance, intermediaries and financial advice. Those entities called upon by the Royal Commission for the second round are: AMP AMP ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... life insurance products. However, the CommInsure brand will remain with CBA as the sale did not include its general insurance capabilities. At the time CBA announced it was also exploring options for its equity stake in China's BoComm Life Insurance ...