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ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... heard how Freedom sold life insurance to an intellectually disabled man in 2016. The insurer then delayed cancelling the policy despite numerous requests from family members, took almost two years to respond to additional requests from the family, including ...

MLC Life Insurance launches wellbeing service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... whether they claim reinforces the value of life insurance protection every day. "Most customers will never claim on their policy but will have moments in their lives where they need additional health and wellbeing support. Through Vivo, we provide one ...

Integrity Life picks AGI as group life administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... enterpirse looks to improve partner and client experience while allowing Integrity to have access to an online end-to-end policy administration platform, with efficient response times. Integrity Life general manager product and proposition Gary Bailison ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... maintained that the overtopping of the Chinese governments 3% threshold inflation target would constrain high-profile monetary policy easing, therefore policy rate cuts are unlikely.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... already in recession or going into recession, and if it does, will it be a shallow recession or a deep one caused by monetary policy error which is a real risk when interest rates are rising sharply?" Whichever way you cut it, this is a tough market ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... against the backdrop of a tight labour market." She predicts the Fed will hike the cash rate by 50bps or 75bps at its next policy meeting in September.

ASIC working to improve breach reporting regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... expectations for compliance with the new regime and design solutions to ensure the consistency and quality of reporting meets the policy objectives of the regime, as well as improve the efficiency of ASIC's data collection and analysis," the regulator ...

Review of ASIC funding model begins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... "The IFM is intended to meet the Australian government's 2015 Charging Framework objectives, requirements and Charging Policy statement," Treasury said. "In addition, governments' long-standing position is that cost recovery fees and levies attributable ...

Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... CBDC pilot that will operate in a ring-fenced environment. "A CBDC could potentially support a number of the Bank's policy objectives, including safeguarding public trust in money and promoting efficiency, safety, resilience and innovation in payment ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... prices and extends the Affordable Care Act program for three years. On the groundbreaking package, Ceres director of federal policy Zach Friedman commented: "The US Senate has put the nation on the cusp of achieving the most ambitious federal climate ...