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Insignia snags TAL executives for new retirement solutions team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... products and services to our customers." Howard has over 25 years of experience across superannuation, advice, life insurance and asset management. Before TAL, Howard was the chief operating officer and interim chief executive at Rest. He has also previously ...

Westpac profits drop as it prepares for leadership change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... Westpac said while the class action filed against BT Financial Group, Westpac Securities Administration and Westpac Life Insurance (now known as TAL Life Insurance) in October 2023 reached a settlement in September 2024, it still requires approval from ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... also receive a makeover, while a new class of advisers called "Qualified Advisers" from banks, super funds, and life insurance firms will be able to provide simple advice. Jones told a recent AFR event: "The financial advice laws in the country are not ...

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... use cases across 23 licensees as at the end of 2023, which included operations in the financial advice sector and life insurance, to identify potential loopholes in AI incorporation. The Beware the gap: Governance arrangements in the face of AI innovation ...

ASIC secures win against HCF Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... return to Court for case management on 8 November 2024. HCF Life replaced the 'pre-existing condition' term in its life insurance products on 9 November 2023. In April 2021, the unfair contract terms regime was expanded to include insurance contracts ...

TAL changes underwriting limits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... Rensburg said. Newly appointed to the role chief executive for individual life Gavin Teichner said: "Being the best life insurance partner for advisers means improving the end-to-end customer experience from faster underwriting and onboarding to offering ...

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Greene Financial won $2000 grants to attend FAAA Congress. The ReCALIbrate program helps foster diversity across the life insurance industry to ensure it is representative of the community it serves and that it provides opportunities for more women to ...

AFCA consults on revised superannuation death benefits

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... misunderstandings when processing such complaints. This follows on from another consultation on superannuation life insurance disputes opened earlier last month. AFCA encourages stakeholders to review the revised approach document on super death benefits ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September 1, the mandate sits with TAL. Australian Food Super offers life insurance, total and permanent disablement (TPD), and income protection cover. In July, TAL took over the mandate for income protection ...

Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... simplification of definitions and premium labels. Since its acquisition of OnePath Life from ANZ in 2019, Zurich provides life insurance to more than 1.5 million Australian customers under both the Zurich and OnePath Life brands.