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Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Life insurer MetLife is preparing for an increase in mental health claims in the wake of COVID-19, with the insurer acknowledging the psychological toll of financial hardship. "There is a direct connection between financial wellbeing and mental health. ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Local Government Super (LGS) has partnered with workplace mental health organisation SuperFriend, to provide support and tools to its staff, members, and their employers. SuperFriend will support employers and members with a range of online and facilitated ...

New chair of CPA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... including 10 years as a partner at BDO. Her industry experience includes financial and professional services, insurance, health, retail, education, contract management and major infrastructure projects." Chin Aik Wong retired from the CPA Australia board ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Kingdom, 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication services and consumer discretionary (both over 11%). "Over our 40 year history, GMO has ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
A biotech company backed by AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Statewide Super has developed a new preventative treatment shown to reduce COVID-19 levels by up to 96%. The product, INNA-051, is being developed by Ena Respiratory, and works by stimulating ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... based on a number of measures and scores, including 77% for finances in retirement, 77% for quality of life and 87% for health. The GRI assesses 44 countries on the factors that drive retirement security, providing an overall ranking and percentage score ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... location and the opportunity to reposition the former Target space into an essential service provider, such as a medical or health service. "We look forward to applying our retail repositioning capability to this acquisition and building on our strong ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... way to a second wave of coronavirus infections in the continent. Worse, Stella Kyriakides -- European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety since 2019 - notes that some countries are reporting more cases now than they did during the peak pandemic (sometime ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... insurers gain better insights into customer claims experience, adopt simpler and cheaper products with a focus on return to health and work and provide strong controls over the level of benefits paid. Additionally, the taskforce is calling for products ...

Liberman firm backs non-bank lender

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... competitor and driver of innovation and change in the lending market is being increasingly recognised as vital to the overall health of our economy." Lumi has also added Steve Lambert to its board of directors and chair of its risk committee, who worked ...