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CBA restructures executive leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank made a raft of changes to its executive lineup following the announcement of plans to demerge its wealth management business. Current chief risk officer David Cohen has been promoted to deputy chief executive, charged with leading ...

CBA to demerge CFS, mulls further CommInsure sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank is demerging its wealth management business and undertaking a strategic review of its general insurance arm. Standing as a separately listed wealth management business, CFS Group will comprise Colonial First State, Colonial First State ...

Russell Master Trust COO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
The chief operating officer of Russell Investments' Master Trust and Russell iQ platform has left the company after about 15 years. Jason Marler joined Russell in 2004 as a senior product manager before taking on his most recent role three years ...

Members abandon bank-aligned group insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Latest Rainmaker group insurance research shows the share of superannuation fund members associated with a bank-aligned group insurer has halved in the last four years. The number of not-for-profit (NFP) superannuation members linked to a bank-aligned ...

CommInsure, OnePath enhance digital experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Applying for life insurance and making claims is now much easier for financial advisers and customers of CommInsure and OnePath. CommInsure is the latest to partner with underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Through the partnership, the complexity ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
The life insurance industry is failing to prove it can self-regulate via its two "deficient" codes, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Commonwealth Bank will potentially offload its Indonesian life insurance business as part of a strategic review. The bank announced it is undertaking a strategic review of PT Commonwealth Life (PTCL) and has engaged external advisers to weigh the possibility ...

Nationwide Super joins Russell alliance, cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Nationwide Super has joined Russell Investments' five-year-old superannuation alliance, a move that will help the fund reduce fees for its member base of small business owners. Russell Investments partnered with superannuation administrator Link Group ...

CommInsure launches digital claims for super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
CommInsure will now offer digital claims for its institutional partners, joining other insurers digitising their claims process. CommInsure says the digitization will be end-to-end, covering all aspects of the claim process. "We listened closely to ...

FSC honours life insurance industry talent

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
The Financial Services Council awarded its highest accolades to the life insurance industry's brightest stars at a gala dinner in Sydney overnight. The annual FSC Life Insurance Awards, held at the Ivy Ballroom, recognised three talented individuals ...