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Zurich appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... Justin Delaney has been appointed to the position, with responsibility for Zurich's life and investments and general insurance businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Former chief executive of the general insurance business, Tim Plant, is departing ...

Integrity Life, Will platform partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... from MLC Life in March. He was previously general manager of retail distribution and partnerships at MLC, where he led insurance sales, retention, account management and partner governance for almost five years.

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... the Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling processes. All complaints must be responded to in 45 days.

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career that started as a life insurance actuary in his native country of Canada. He moved to Melbourne in 1990 for a consulting job with Towers Perrin. Later he ...

Allianz Retire+ chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Allianz Australia Life Insurance and Allianz Retire+ has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive Matthew Rady and appointed an interim replacement. Rady was first appointed in 2018 as the inaugural chief executive of Allianz Retire+ and ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... division. Schroder joined AustralianSuper in 2007 and over the years has overseen the new entity's growth agenda, insurance book, strategy, brand, sales and reputation. Silk said Schroder has played a key role across the fund over the past decade ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Last week, the federal government announced exemptions for the insurance industry in relation to Royal Commission reforms. According to the Consumer Action Law Centre, these exemptions allow the insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... due to poor telephone sales practices. Following an ASIC intervention and action, OnePath was found to have sold life insurance over the phone between 2010 and 2016 using pressure selling tactics. These tactics included promoting a deferral of the first ...

Advice engagement jumps during COVID-19

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... advice. Over 30% of advisers believe that COVID-19 has increased public awareness of their mortality and the need for life insurance. The majority (73%) of advised clients would think to call their advisers immediately in the event of an illness or accident ...

Lying rife in life insurance applications

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
Nearly 20% of Australians have lied on their life insurance application to get a cheaper policy, new research shows. Comparison site Finder's latest research revealed 3.8 million people have lied on their life insurance application. Men were found to ...