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BTFG names chief customer service officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... spent 12 years at the Westpac Group, serving in several executive roles that included chief operating officer for the insurance businesses at BTFG. She was also chief of staff for the institutional banking division and most recently finished up as executive ...

Fin365 to launch hybrid advice platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... AFSL and consumer-facing brand required to build out its hybrid advice model which will now also offer investment and insurance solutions. While the Fin365 solution has traditionally been used by financial services firms, it can equally be applied to ...

CBA Group Super overhauls service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... Wellbeing, the insurer's new advice business. The change in financial advice provider has no impact on the group insurance arrangements between AIA and CBA Group Super. These mandates follow another that was awarded in December to Fulcrum Asset Management ...

Zurich expands group insurance leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Zurich Life & Investments will soon welcome its first head of digital and member engagement within the group insurance team, hiring from Aware Super. Ahmad Racheha has been appointed to the newly created role at Zurich, effective next month. Racheha ...

QIC adds new investment role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... management and investment strategy and has previously been directly responsible for one of Australia's largest managed insurance portfolios, QIC said. Whittaker commenced in the new role this month.

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

Federal Court imposes $4m penalty on industry fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... combined penalties of $4 million on Statewide Super for providing members with misleading information regarding their insurance and failing to report the issue to ASIC in the time required. Between 2017 and 2020, Statewide was found to have sent over ...

Pendal appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... since 2016. Page's experience as a company director and chair across a range of sectors include funds management, insurance and technology. She is currently a director of ASX-listed companies Brickworks, Growthpoint Properties Australia and Service ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... "We see several likely reasons why the US stands out. First, the pandemic response relied more heavily on unemployment insurance than furlough schemes, resulting in lower job attachment. Second, according to several surveys, US households have higher ...

Zurich makes key health appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Insurance giant Zurich has appointed a new chief medical officer and marketing and communications manager for its health services business in Australia. William (Bill) Monday has joined Zurich as chief medical officer and Stephanie Pierce has been appointed ...