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ReCALIbrate grant winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... Association Australia (FAAA) Congress in Adelaide. Each ReCALIbrate recipient will also be paired with a senior female life insurance industry leader and can have two in-person or virtual meetings. The purpose of these meetings will be to provide a forum ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Former insurance adviser John Durant has been banned by the regulator for three years after he was found to have told clients to deposit insurance premiums directly into his personal account. Durant is prohibited from providing financial services, controlling ...

Allianz Retire+ launches retirement solution for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... retirement. Taking on the self-professed responsibility to solve the retirement income dilemma, Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said the insurer is revolutionising perceptions about retirement solutions and its implementation ...

ASFA names acting chief, chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... Meanwhile, ASFA has reappointed Gary Dransfield as chair. Dransfield is currently a non-executive director of Hollard Insurance and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). He has been both a board member and chair of the Insurance Council ...

Super funds offer merger update

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... their retirement savings elsewhere. As part of the merger, CBA Group Super said most members will see a decrease in insurance premiums across death, TPD, and salary continuance cover. Death and TPD premiums are expected to drop by an average of 26% ...

Risk sector grows 4%: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
The life insurance industry climbed 4% to $18.4 billion in the year to June 2023 despite the number of risk advisers fleeing the industry. The latest data from Plan For Life shows that TAL continues to hold the lion's share of the group insurance and ...

Inflation rises to 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... contributors to the price increase included housing (+6.6%), transport (+7.4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+4.4%), and insurance and financial services (+8.8%). It said the annual increase for housing was lower than 7.3% in July and flagged that ...

CALI takes on Life Code

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
From tomorrow, the responsibility for the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) will transition from the Financial Services Council (FSC) to the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Launched last year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective ...

AIA welcomes new group partnerships lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... also previously worked with Roy Morgan, OnePath and Allianz. In the new role, Stavliotis will report to AIA chief group insurance officer Anthony Clough, who said: "George Stavliotis has extensive background in client management, both at reinsurers and ...

Project to tackle dwindling number of risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) also launched a program which aims to entice more women into the life insurance industry. The industry body said its inaugural ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of ...