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Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... budgets for a retirement lifestyle that is slightly above the Age Pension and only allows retirees to afford basic health insurance and infrequent exercise, leisure and social activities, ASFA estimates a minimum super balance of $70,000 for couples ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... average HESTA member per industry, assumed current balance, recent SG activity and other contribution activity, and insurance premiums. HESTA said, for someone working in aged care, introducing the measure could increase their retirement balance by 1.2% ...

HESTA, Mercy Super to pursue merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... Mercy Super's administration agreement with Grow Inc. will be retained; HESTA's administrator is Link Group. The insurance arrangement that came into effect this month for Mercy Super members via a new mandate with Zurich will also be retained. ...

Maritime Super reappoints MLC Life as group insurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Maritime Super reappointed MLC Life Insurance as its group insurer, effective July 1. MLC Life Insurance will continue providing Maritime Super's members with cover for death, total and permanent disablement as well as income protection. Maritime ...

Moody's RMS appoints regional managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... Moody's Analytics has appointed Andrew Hare managing director, Asia Pacific for its RMS business. Hare joins from Aon's insurance advisory business Aon Inpoint where he was managing director and head of the Asia business. In total, he spent 17 years ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
ASIC has so far secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review ...

MLC Life Insurance launches wellbeing service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
MLC Life Insurance has launched its Vivo health, wellness and recovery service to support its customers wanting to improve wellbeing throughout all life stages. All customers insured by MLC Life Insurance will be supported by Vivo under one brand. It's ...

Challenger appoints Duncan West as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... years of board and financial services experience across the UK and Australia, including chief executive roles at Vero Insurance and CGU Insurance. West is the current chair of Challenger's group audit committee and a member of the group risk committee ...

Findex appoints chief people officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... regional Australia and New Zealand to its ranks, spanning across wealth management, business advisory, tax advisory, risk insurance, audit and consulting sectors. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/findex-promotes-new-regional-partners-179795810?q=findex ...

MSC Trustees adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... roles at a range of listed and unlisted trustees. Meanwhile, O'Connell brings more than 30 years' experience across life insurance, financial advice, superannuation and custody. This includes roles with Citigroup, NAB and BNY Mellon. As a result of their ...