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ASIC eyes claims handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... insurers to work together on the design of TPD products. We don't want to see junk insurance as part of the design in group insurance policies." She added that super funds should understand their members are unlikely to have ever navigated a TPD claims ...

MLC Life wins group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... pooling" network; 'captive' meaning the capability of larger multinational clients to self-insure 100% of the global group insurance risk, and 'pooling' refers to the ability for them to spread the risk across multiple countries and share in any positive ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... while Teichner has served as chief operating officer of TAL Direct. TAL also appointed former general manager group insurance Jenny Oliver to the newly created chief claims officer role, and said its commitment to customers, "particularly around claims" ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... superannuation, insurance products and services were also made in the promotion of the fund, ASIC alleges. The group insurance available through mobiSuper is provided by TAL. According to ASIC, Mobi offered an obligation-free 'lost super' search ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
Zurich has been awarded a group insurance mandate from an industry super fund worth $8 billion. The mandate was awarded by Queensland-based Energy Super and is the first given to the insurer since it acquired OnePath Life in June this year. Head of ...

MLC Life strengthens group insurance team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
MLC Life has added a head of new fund partnerships to its growing group insurance capabilities. Emily Wu has joined MLC Life's group insurance business effective this month, focused on new superannuation funds. Wu was most recently technical partnership ...

Integrity Life focuses on SMEs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... way of protecting their greatest asset - their employees," Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said. Group insurance has traditionally been unavailable for SMEs with less than 20 staff due to the generally high cost of insurers. The company ...

MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive lead to its group insurance business, recruiting from NSW Treasury. Andrea Forbes has joined MLC Life as executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. She joins from NSW Treasury where she was ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Superannuation members still do not realise they are entitled to life insurance via their super funds despite concerted effort to raise awareness, new research finds. MetLife's latest Insurance inside super report found 73% of Australians are aware ...

MLC Life appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a new executive, focused on driving new business in group insurance, from Freedom Insurance Group. Sean Williamson, most recently chief executive of the embattled Freedom Insurance Group, will join MLC Life this month ...