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Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished in the sixth round of the Royal Commission for deliberately selling ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The chief executive of Freedom Insurance Group has left the company effective immediately and more than half of its workforce is being made redundant. Chief executive Keith Cohen, who has been at the helm for nearly nine years, will be replaced by chief ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... 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 conduct for selling policies to vulnerable customers and a man with Down Syndrome. ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... 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 much of the attention ...

Freedom sold life insurance to intellectually disabled man: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
Freedom Insurance sold life insurance to an intellectually disabled man, and only cancelled the policy after several instances of correspondence with his family, the Royal Commission heard yesterday. Giving testimony at the second day of life insurance ...

Life insurer undertakes strategic review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... an appearance at the Royal Commission, an ASX-listed life insurer has announced it is undertaking a strategic review. Freedom Insurance Group said the decision to assess its options was spurred by the release of ASIC's review into direct life insurance ...

Boutique grows to meet managed accounts demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... grow on the back of the Royal Commission. "The Royal Commission is highlighting the need for advisory groups to have the freedom to comply with the 'best interest' duty," Connors said. "As part of this requirement, we expect to see more advisory groups ...

TAL waives life premiums for drought-stricken farmers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... appear at the Royal Commission's next round alongside other life insurers including: AMP, ClearView, CommInsure and Freedom Insurance, starting September 10.

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... witness box, after case studies were announced for the sixth round of public hearings. TAL, CommInsure, ClearView and Freedom Insurance have been named to front the Royal Commission, alongside $51 billion industry super fund Rest and AMP, who will return ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... framework, giving investors certainty and security about their investment's governance structure, and fund managers the freedom to focus on managing the investments," Kalman said. On June 8, Equity Trustees also signed a deal to sell a parcel of ...