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Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... firm announced the winners of its 2021 Excellence Awards for insurers. NobleOak Life took out the Overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award for 2021, going up against TAL Life, HCF Life and MLC Life. NobleOak Life also won the Life Award, TPD Award ...

Australia Post Super Scheme cuts premiums by 10%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Some members of Australia Post Super Scheme (APSS) will enjoy reduced insurance premiums as the fund makes several alterations. The $8 billion APSS informed members that there will be a few changes to investments, strategic asset allocations and group ...

Equip, corporate fund merger complete

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... said. BOC Super members are still entitled superannuation contributions of up to 13% and will continue to have their insurance premiums covered by the gas company. The completion of this merger follows that of Equip with Toyota Super in May. The two ...

AMP officially exits life market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
With the complete divestment of its equity interest in Resolution Life, AMP has officially exited the life insurance business. AMP today divested its 19.13% holding in Resolution Life for $524 million. The sale of this holding completes AMP's exit ...

Midwinter hires from Integrity Life

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... previously head of development at Integrity Life and was responsible for creating a technology ecosystem that makes life insurance more accessible. He previously spent over three years at AMP in solution architecture roles and was manager of strategy ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank pleaded guilty to 30 criminal charges relating to misselling consumer credit insurance. The charges were brought by ASIC and relate to CBA's promotion and sale of CreditCard Plus and Loan Protection policies as an add-on insurance ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Australia welcomes the stapling measure but is calling on the government to ban occupational exclusions from default life insurance in super. "Stopping the scourge of costly duplicate accounts will ultimately lead to bigger retirement savings for people ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern ...

Major legislations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... legislation with stakeholders. It will also consult on proposals to enhance the effectiveness of professional indemnity insurance in responding to compensation claims. The Financial Planning Association of Australia said advisers' PI insurance with ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Super Consumers Australia is calling out several superannuation funds for maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared ...