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Taskforce exposes rising dangers for retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... poses an increasing risk, eroding trust in sustainable finance products and leaving investors vulnerable to misleading claims and potential financial losses. Meanwhile, the taskforce noted a surge in retail fraud and scams, as the digitalisation of financial ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... Binance and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following claims of "willful evasion of US law." The CFTC announced it filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court against ...

AustralianSuper to decrease premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... 30-day waiting period will see theirs increase anywhere up to 19%. The fund said this is due to a rise in the number of claims. There is no change to the weekly cost for income protection with benefit payment periods of up to five years and up to age ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... the way they use data to monitor those outcomes for members. Many of the trustees have taken steps to streamline their claims processes to make them easier for members, again, something that we think is critically important." She reinforced this is a ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... income protection cover. Primarily, ASIC looked at whether members were receiving better value from their insurance, whether claims handling had improved, and whether better decisions were being made on their cover. These areas were selected as previous ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... low-paid sectors, the government is introducing a statutory equal remuneration principle that reduces barriers to pay equity claims. In the not-for-profit sector, last July, the Office for Women released a new resource, Guide to prevention and action ...

NEOS named Life Company of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... was again announced Underwriting Team of the Year and also took out the BDM Team of the Year, whilst Zurich Australia won Claims Team of the Year. While congratulating both NEOS and Zurich, Beddoes Institute chief executive Bill Nikolovski said: "We ...

Wealth managers bracing for compensation claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A rise in compensation claims from clients is expected over failure to understand risk suitability and will lead to tougher regulation, research suggests. New research from Oxford Risk revealed 58% of wealth managers, who collectively manage assets ...

Claimants tend to be younger women: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
New life insurance research shows that women who make cancer-related claims tend to be younger than men. A MetLife study found that females making cancer-related claims in the areas of death, income protection, terminal illness, TPD and trauma are younger ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... opportunities and highlighted a "serious risk" of pushback from political and consumer groups. Anderson explained this is due to claims about the QAR "trashing" some of the key FoFA reforms. "We should focus our advocacy attention on achieving a package ...