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Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... recently launched TPD Severity to offer more flexibility around TPD options. "TPD Severity is a modern solution to a modern problem, delivering customers more affordable premiums while still offering access to meaningful protection that gives Australians ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
A fifth of women globally are planning to leave the workforce before retirement age, with the problem most prevalent in Australia, according to new research from the British Standards Institution. The research found early departure was most prevalent ...

Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... their customers through comprehensive education and resources," Kerr added. "TPD Severity is a modern solution to a modern problem, delivering customers more affordable premiums while still offering access to meaningful protection that gives Australians ...

APRA to hunt for new deputy chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said a search is underway after APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole advised the Treasurer of her intention to step down at the end of her current term on 30 June 2026. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
While financial services organisations may be comfortable with taking risks, certainly when it comes to investing, there are other types of risks they're not so familiar with. It may be 2025, but we continue to consistently see examples of organisations ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... November, alongside a comprehensive public and private markets report and roadmap." Constant said ASIC does not have a problem with private markets in Australia but is conscious of potential issues that could arise. "Private markets, particularly private ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... - and specifically the use of margin loans - was a popular method of investing pre-Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The problem that arose was many investors were taking out margin loans and investing the money into only a handful - if that - of major ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... outside of the company," he says. "In that sense, it would be a mistake to say that it's just DeepSeek that is the problem. The problem is actually from a professional duty, risk management perspective." While DeepSeek proves that it can do more ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... a challenge on its hands regarding low productivity growth, with private business investment benign. This is not a new problem for Australia, or for developed markets in general, however it is one of the main things holding back economic growth," he ...

Using super as 'piggybank' would be a 'disaster': Schroder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... mentality. Super is not a trillion-dollar fix-all. It cannot - and should not - be used to solve every complex national problem." This comes as Treasurer Jim Chalmers is taking steps to encourage super funds to invest in things like housing, green energy ...