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What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... AIA sells super investment business AIA is offloaded its $8 billion superannuation and investments business to Resolution Life. In an announcement made in February, AIA said the sale would allow the insurer to focus on its core business of life and health ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

AMP swoops in on $112m student accom facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... best in the world so it's not surprising to see significant demand for both world leading education and vibrant on-campus life experiences in the context of the difficult lockdown conditions we have all recently faced," ADIT managing director Brad Williams ...

Vanguard veteran announces retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... worked with him the tools to carry that forward. All of us at Vanguard wish Robin every success with the next phase of his life," he concluded.

PPS Mutual unveils new income protection product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
PPS Mutual has launched a new income protection (IP) insurance product while bolstering its existing offering. The life insurer's new product, IP Prime 70, will allow professionals to cover up to 70% of their income, depending on their income level. ...

Lifespan welcomes markets veteran to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
The privately-owned financial advice network has appointed high profile financial markets veteran Jonathan Pain to the Lifespan Investment Committee. Pain brings over 38 years of international investment experience and has led investment teams in London ...

Life insurer claims under regulator watch

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
ASIC has called life insurers to review the accuracy of their systems and controls for claims calculations and payments. This follows theidentification of systems failures in the incorrect applications of consumer price indexations (CPI)'s to life insurance ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
APRA and ASIC have asked the chief executives of life insurers to explain the continuing increases to retail insurance premiums following complaints from consumers and reportable situations. In a joint letter, the regulators said they're concerned premium ...

PM Capital appoints distribution director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... funds to existing and new clients. Cheetham joins PM Capital from Challenger, where he headed up retail distribution for its life business for the past two and a half years. Before that he spent nine years at AMP as head of sales for the firm's wealth ...

OnePath Life sued over utmost good faith duties breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
OnePath Life will face ASIC in Federal Court over failures while handling a mental health claim. In 2016 a customer took out an income protection policy with OnePath Life through an ANZ financial adviser based in Grafton, New South Wales. OnePath Life ...