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APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... CommInsure, MLC and Zurich were all above that average (CommInsure had the highest claims acceptance rate at 89%). Asteron, OnePath, TAL and Westpac were below the industry average. OnePath had the slowest average claim time among the insurers, with ...

Hostplus freezes premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... to expire when the new freeze was negotiated. Hostplus appointed Metlife as group insurer in 2013, switching from ANZ's OnePath. A number of super funds have had to increase insurance premiums recently after legislative changes including the Protecting ...

Retail fund satisfaction drops

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... HESTA, Cbus, Sunsuper, First State Super and Rest. The highest placed retail fund was Colonial First State followed by BT, OnePath, MLC and AMP. Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said July 2020 was well into the period of reopening for most of ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Retail superannuation funds provided by AMP and OnePath continue to charge high fees and deliver poor returns for members, the latest Fat Cat report shows. For the sixth year in a row, AMP continued to dominate robo-adviser Stockspot's Fat Cat list ...

Zurich distribution chief joins boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... investments. Brooks was named chief distribution officer, life and investments in June 2017 and retained the role when the OnePath Life team transitioned to Zurich last year. She will remain in the role until November 27. Zurich said an internal and ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... emissions intensity but were not aiming for net zero by 2050. A further 20% (including Colonial First State, IOOF, Nulis and OnePath) had no portfolio emissions reduction targets at all.

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... insurance industry, but the fund still engaged Rice Warner to conduct an independent review of the increases proposed by OnePath to ensure a robust process. Proebstl flagged that its group insurance mandate will likely be put to tender down the line ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
A woman who has multiple sclerosis (MS) is fighting to have CommInsure recognise her condition, calling into question the various definitions life insurers use. ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance ...

Zurich rejigs operations team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Investments has made a series of leadership changes across its operations team, taking the next steps to integrate with OnePath. Tina Beilby has moved to the newly-created role of head of operations, integration. Beilby is now responsible for initiatives ...

ASIC appeal upheld

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... hearing held in June this year. Hutchison was an authorised representative for RI Advice, a licensee formerly owned by OnePath (an ANZ subsidiary). The appeal concerned the meaning of the phrase "in relation to", with ASIC alleging Hutchison had acted ...