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Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting Rowena Orr and Mark Costello said TAL and Rest are among the organisations that may have engaged in misconduct that fell below community ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... the adequacy of the current regulatory regime to protect consumers from detriment. For starters, Counsels Assisting Rowena Orr and Mark Costello asked if the sale of direct sale of insurance via outbound telephone calls should be banned. If not, they ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... its jurisdiction and failed to provide information requested that breached FOS' terms of reference, counsel assisting Rowena Orr said. In a second case study of a claimant who suffered from breast cancer, CBA also failed to respond to FOS within the ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... life insurance code to be given a chance to have an effect before statutory obligations be enforced. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr asked Loane if the FSC considered it problematic that Australia's corporate regulator did not have the power to enforce ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... now was for a new illness, the GP noted. On receiving the claim request, TAL went on what senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr called a "fishing expedition". The nurse was asked to produce a large number of documents including her tax records, GP's medical ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... withholding medical information and delaying the process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr turned her focus to CBA's life insurance subsidiaries CommInsure and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (CMLA), with ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin, who took the witness stand this afternoon. Martin told counsel assisting Rowena Orr that ClearView "got [it] wrong" and "made a mistake" because it simply didn't understand it was breaching anti-hawking ...

Life insurers admit to misconduct: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... below community standards and expectations. Opening the sixth round of Royal Commission hearings, counsel assisting Rowena Orr laid bare instances of misconduct as revealed in submissions made to the Commission. In its three submissions to the Commission ...

Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... face in engaging with the superannuation system. Introducing the topic of this morning's hearing, counsel assisting Rowena Orr outlined the systemic issues indigenous Australians face with Australia's superannuation system, including reduced lower retirement ...

Super under microscope at Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... issues; and regulator effectiveness. At the most recent Royal Commission public hearings, Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the fifth round will focus on the broader superannuation industry; the difficulties indigenous people face when it comes ...