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ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
Criminal charges laid against ClearView Wealth non-executive director David Brown by Papua New Guinea police in August were dismissed in court on Friday. Brown is the chief investment officer for PNG's National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND). On 30 July ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... lump sum premiums. After being slammed for its controversial sales tactics at the same round of the Royal Commission, ClearView registered a high 12.4% growth over the period. For the group insurance segment, MetLife (14.5%) and OnePath (5.7%) recorded ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... life insurance sales, after a Deloitte-led strategic review found new sales of its life products were no longer viable. ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times Days earlier, the Royal Commission heard ClearView's direct life insurance business ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... financial adviser, according to a new industry white paper. With super assets projected to hit $9.5 trillion by 2035, ClearView believes this represents an unprecedented opportunity for advisers as the average super balance is expected to hit $471,000 ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
ClearView has made three executive promotions coinciding with the launch of a new business offering back-office and compliance services to financial advisers. LaVista Licensee Solutions, a licensing service, will be led by Mike Pope as its chief executive. ...

Infrastructure manager grows local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
A global infrastructure manager has hired from Clearview and Powerwrap as it expands its Australian team. RARE infrastructure has hired Hamish Bell to support its distribution team with investment and technical sales expertise. In his most recent role ...

Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... appoint a new board director, replacing the lone representative of a major shareholder. Satoshi Wakuya has notified ClearView of his intention to stand down from the board at the company's annual general meeting in November. Wakuya is general manager ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... obligations for advertising heart attack cover that was misleading and deceptive. Orr said it's open to the Commission to find ClearView engaged in misconduct by breaching anti-hawking provisions, while Freedom Insurance may have engaged in unconscionable ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... position. Earlier, Orr reintroduced the case studies heard in the first week of the hearings, referring specifically to the ClearView and Freedom Insurance episodes, whose practices of selling direct life insurance - particularly over the phone - absorbed ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... provisions up to 303,000 times. The figure has ballooned from the 278,664 originally reported to the Commission, according to ClearView chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin, who took the witness stand this afternoon. Martin told counsel assisting ...