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Life Company of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... going to the same insurer four years in a row. TAL took out the top spot again with runners up AIA Australia, MLC Life Insurance and NEOS Life. "We congratulate TAL on being awarded the title '2020 Life Company of the Year' and also pay tribute to the ...

AustralianSuper introduces insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
AustralianSuper and its insurer TAL are making several changes to insurance premiums that will amend work-cover ratings and see some members pay lower premiums. Following its annual insurance review, Australia's largest superannuation fund, which ...

Westpac merges consumer, business divisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... Westpac had said it would realign its wealth strategy and BT Financial Group will cease as a standalone division. Its insurance divisions moved into business and consumer; private wealth, platforms and investments and superannuation moved into an expanded ...

JANA hires from NYSE

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... after a three-way tender process in January 2021 and follows growth in JANA's investment advisory offering across insurance, retail and not-for-profit space.

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... government and regulators to help MetLife, and its business partners, in reviewing proposed legislative change for the life insurance industry in Australia. MetLife chief of staff and external affairs Wendy Tse said Rees brings a wealth of policy experience ...

Remediation services profiting from Royal Commission failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Services are popping up to assist consumers in getting refunds for fee for no service financial advice, junk insurance and other misconduct exposed by the Royal Commission - but they are doing it for a fee. Remediator is one such service, launching ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... COVID-related complaints about financial products or services which equated to one in seven of all complaints. Travel insurance was the most complained about product for COVID-19 related complaints and overall deposit taking/payment systems was the most ...

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... medical history". The court yesterday found TAL guilty of breaching its duty to act with utmost good faith under the Insurance Contracts Act. (Interestingly, TAL's lawyers had alleged the customer breached her duty of good faith under the Act by ...

Allianz to rectify past deficiencies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Allianz Australia has been ordered to rectify its past weaknesses in its risk culture, risk governance and risk management, which APRA told the court was persistent and serious. APRA agreed to accept a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) from Allianz ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... super funds shifting to keep up. "Thinking about the defensive portion of our investors' portfolios - if you buy car insurance or home insurance it costs you money to do that, the insurance company doesn't pay you to take out that insurance. Historically ...