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Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
A global provider of life insurance claims software entered into a strategic partnership with an Australian wealth management consultancy. FINEOS, which services clients including AMP, CommInsure, Macquarie, ANZ, TAL and Westpac, has joined up with ...

Cyber breaches arise internally: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Two-thirds of cyber breaches arise from employees' negligence or malicious acts, new claims data from Willis Towers Watson shows. Using its newly launched Cyber Risk Culture Survey solution, the company found 18% of cyber risks were driven by an external ...

Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance and increases opportunities ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... BTFG also won the Income Protection Award for its Income Protection Plus Plan and the Client Services Team award for its claims division. OnePath won the Term/TPD and Trauma awards; CommInsure won for Risk Product Innovation, Annuity and Income Stream ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... 2) Reducing inappropriate multiple insurance policies 3) Providing better and more timely assistance to members during claims 4) Improving superannuation fund member communications on insurance 5) Improving data standards to improve service to members ...

False ASIC licensing claims lead to closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
A Melbourne-based financial planner closed his website following an investigation by ASIC. Stephen Burgin, an authorised representative of Interprac Financial Planning, falsely claimed to be a 'senior ASIC licenced adviser' and an 'ASIC licenced fractional ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... that were made, we apologise and we will make it right. Also, at our request, the Report suggested improvements to our claims processes which we are already implementing," Spring said. "While these findings have reinforced our confidence in our business ...

Fox warns against direct life insurance again

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... sting is in the tail," Fox said. He urges all life insurance to be underwritten at application time to ensure a better claims experience for consumers. The opportunity for consumers to access life insurance directly has not transpired into a better claims ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess whether borrowers could meet their repayment obligations before entering into home loan ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... insurance industry has been embroiled over the past few years, Loane said that "it's important to note that inquiries in to claims practices - whether carried out by regulators of independent investigators - have found no evidence of cross-industry m ...