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Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... (-4.5%) and Zurich (-3.2%) all followed suit. MetLife managed to buck the trend growing by 5%, while smaller player ClearView performed well to post 10.3% growth. TAL, the market leader with $3.795 billion in risk premium inflows across the year and ...

Super fund appoints deputy investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... and the head of private equity at Victoria Funds Management. He is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed ClearView Wealth. In 2018, the PNG police charged laid charges against Brown for conspiring to defraud, after he made enquiries about ...

ASIC bans direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... penalty after the firm plead guilty to 87 counts of unlawful life insurance hawking. In February 2018, an ASIC review of ClearView's sales calls found the insurer used unfair and high pressure sales tactics to sell life policies over the phone, resulting ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... been no real changes to the culture and practices inside these organisations," Morris said. The paper commissioned by ClearView and titled Approves Product Lies: Combating the manipulation of advice, claims there is no reasonable basis to exclude from ...

Life industry steps toward trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... understanding signed by the two groups - whose members include the likes of AIA Australia, AMP Life, BT Life Insurance, ClearView, MLC Life Insurance, TAL Life, and Zurich - is set to ensure collaboration and dialogue between key insurance leaders. ANZIIF ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Australian financial services license holder ClearView Financial Advice has been hit with a remediation bill for $730,000. ClearView's review and remediation program for over 200 clients who received poor life insurance advice resulted in the figure. ...

ClearView ramps up risk, compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Listed diversified financial services company ClearView appointed a new chief risk officer as it ramps up its risk management and compliance. Orla Cowan steps into the role from ANZ Global Wealth where she was head of chief investment office governance. ...

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... evidence of consumer harm. It has taken action against a number of firms that have missold direct life insurance and CCI. ClearView has refunded over $1.5 million to 16,000 customers who were pressured to buy life insurance over the phone. Commonwealth ...

Aussie income fund added to platforms

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... the USA and Canada the single largest region at 37%. Last year, RARE Infrastructure expanded its team with hires from Clearview and Powerwrap, growing its Australian team.

Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
ClearView's LaVista Licensee Solutions has had a boost to its books thanks to the increase in self-licensed financial advice practices seeking dealer services, such as back-office infrastructure and support. Now NSW-based practice Macaplan Financial ...