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BOQ divests St Andrew's Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Bank of Queensland will offload St Andrew's Insurance for $23 million after receiving approval from APRA. BOQ announced on 14 October 2020 that it entered into an agreement with Farmcove Investment Holdings to sell St Andrew's subject to APRA's ...

AFCA appoints senior ombudsmen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... dispute resolution efforts, with senior ombudsmen to work closely with the lead ombudsmen across banking and finance, insurance, investments and advice, and superannuation. All seven appointments are internal promotions, AFCA noted. Anne Maree Howley ...

MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... in October. The platform delivers on the reforms without disrupting an adviser's ability to quote and apply for life insurance cover on behalf of clients, the life insurer said. MetLife has introduced a straight 70% replacement of income - up to $30,000 ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... launching its own financial advice offering, AIA Financial Wellbeing, in December 2021. Commonwealth FP customers with life insurance, superannuation of wealth advice will be referred to AIA Financial Wellbeing. Those who do not wish to move over to ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...

Integrity Life hires product GM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... the last six years at MetLife. He was most recently chief transformation officer and was previously head of individual insurance. Bailison spent over a decade at CommInsure originally as executive manager - design and development before going onto head ...

Sally Loane resigns as FSC chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... time, Loane was involved in several key industry projects including the development of the Asia Funds Passport, two Life Insurance Codes and the Stewardship Code for fund managers. Loane said she has been privileged to lead the FSC, representing its ...

MLC Life wins group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
MLC Life has been handed a new group insurance mandate from a retail superannuation provider. Going forward, MLC Life will provide group insurance cover to members of GROW Super, Superhero, the Allan Gray Superannuation Fund and several others after ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... there is still so much left undone, he told parliament. "We still have inquiries coming in relation to commissions, life insurance and mortgage brokers, and there is so much uncertainty. I receive correspondence from advisers concerned about some of ...

Former Dover adviser banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice. Ashok Sherwal advised clients in need of cash to replace their existing insurance and superannuation products with new ones so he could receive advice fees and insurance commissions. He then used some ...