Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 8 of 8 results for "Select AFSL"

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The disgraced director of Select AFSL, the company the Hayne Royal Commission exposed for hawking life and funeral insurance to vulnerable customers, has been banned from managing a company for five years, while his companies were fined $13.5 million. ...

Subjects of Royal Commission case study found guilty in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
The Federal Court has found that Select AFSL (Select), BlueInc Services Pty Ltd (BlueInc) and Insurance Marketing Service Pty Ltd (IMS) engaged in unconscionable conduct when selling insurance products. The Court also found Russell Howden, the managing ...

BOQ divests St Andrew's Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... million after the transaction. St Andrew's was embroiled in the Hayne Royal Commission for its affiliation with Select AFSL's dodgy sales practices. Select terminated its agreement to distribute and promote St Andrew's funeral insurance products ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... referrals and matters within the Office of Enforcement. It specifically mentioned court action ASIC has taken against Select AFSL, Dover and NAB as a result of the Royal Commission. ASIC chair James Shipton said: "As we have seen in recent weeks, a number ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... NobleOak Life, Suncorp Life & Superannuation, TAL Life, and OnePath, St Andrew's Life Insurance and its distributor Select AFSL, and Hannover Life Re. After listening to more than 540 recorded sales calls, ASIC said four firms failed to provide adequate ...

Super funds countdown to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Superannuation funds called up to the financial services Royal Commission now have less than four weeks to prepare, as the fifth round commences on August 6 in Melbourne. The fourth round of hearings, which focused on agricultural financing and interactions ...

Phone life insurance sales 'hawking' customers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... insurance which drove poor behaviour and a sales-driven culture, and effectively breached anti-hawking provisions. Select AFSL managing director Russell Howden was in the hot seat again; this time explaining to the Commission why ASIC had reason to believe ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... indigenous woman who was convinced into buying a funeral insurance policy with Let's Insure (which is owned by Select AFSL) even though she was already covered. Marika said she couldn't fully understand the representative, who spoke over her ...
PAGE:
1