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HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Australia, HCF Life said it feels it is in the best interests of consumers to have direct access to affordable life insurance products such as those in question. "It is important to note this case relates to HCF Life only," it concluded.

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... attributed this to the Early Release of Super Scheme. A further 438 related to investments (3%), and 154 were over life insurance (0.9%). The bulk of complaints were in relation to credit (48%) and general insurance (30%). By products, 1134 complaints ...

UK to ban cold calling on all financial products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... occupational or personal pension schemes. In 2020, ASIC introduced a ban on the use of cold calling to sell direct life insurance. Meanwhile, in 2021 anti-hawking legislation was introduced. Earlier this year, the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

MLC Life appoints chief investment officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive who will take on the dual roles of chief investment officer and deputy chief financial officer. Hiroyuki Endo, who was most recently the general manager of the separate account investment department for ...

ClearView appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... industry. "As the group's inaugural managing director, Simon has led ClearView to become one of Australia's leading life insurance companies," it said. "Over the last few years, he has successfully guided the business through a period of enormous disruption ...

Link to offer Allianz Retire+ solution to super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... and tailored experiences for members as they near or enter retirement," she said. Meanwhile, Allianz Australia life insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said the deal would enable better outcomes for members and super funds by offering flexible solutions ...

TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
According to the latest data on life insurance claims and disputes from APRA and ASIC, TAL is the largest player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL leads the life insurance market, boasting a 40.4% market share, insuring 3.9 million lives ...

APRA investigates NobleOak capital adequacy breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... related exposures exceed certain limits. APRA has noticed the increased use of offshore reinsurance by Australian life insurance companies and moved to tighten LPS 117 to ensure that risks associated are appropriately managed. "The updated LPS 117 addresses ...

ClearView enhances ClearChoice products

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
The wealth manager has unveiled a variety of enhancements to its flagship life insurance product range, ClearView ClearChoice. Among the changes, ClearView is simplifying product names across the income protection (IP) range to increase clarity for ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation funds need to improve the life insurance they provide members, with ASIC finding trustees have not made sufficient effort to do so since it began targeted work in the area in 2019. Last year, ASIC reviewed the actions of 15 trustees in ...