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Connectus empowers advisers with Excelerate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... facilitate digital onboarding. Family office and other specialised services like trusts and estate planning, valuation and insurance are also included, along with resources for talent management, compliance, finance, IT, operations and cybersecurity. ...

Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... simplification is underway and the exit of several units are progressing. This included the sale of Westpac General Insurance, Westpac Pacific and NZ Wealth advisory; returning 300 out of 1000 offshore jobs to Australia and ending its relationship with ...

PPS Mutual offers new IP solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... policies in 2020. Additionally, PPS said it sees the opportunity to engage and incentivise professionals to take out insurance cover at the beginning of their professional careers, in turn helping to combat underinsurance. "This offering is also in line ...

Statewide warns of cold calls to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... $60,000 benefit," Statewide said. "The council worker was also promised he would be provided with a superior level of insurance cover only to be told he was ineligible due to his Type 2 Diabetes after he initiated the roll over." Statewide general manager ...

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... the financial services industry overall saw an increase in mental health, according to SuperFriend. The financial and insurance services industries climbed from sixth place in 2019 to second overall in the thriving workplace score in 2020. The research ...

Hume slams superannuation circus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... said. By way of example, duplicate accounts have proliferated while low-balance accounts were eroded by unnecessary insurance and high fees. Refusing to fall into the trap of the "circus of characters and commentary", her focus is on what really matters ...

Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... executive Peter Robertson told Financial Standard that the branding, administration services, boards of the two funds, and insurance will remain as is. Maritime is aligned to Hostplus on many levels, they have the same asset consultant in JANA, and active ...

NEOS, ClearView lead satisfaction

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
New research from Investment Trends has measured how satisfied risk advisers are with their main life insurers across key service areas, NEOS Life and ClearView on top. It found that NEOS overtook ClearView to become the insurer advisers are most satisfied ...

IOOF subsidiary loses appeal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... million) minus the receiver costs of about $1.6 million. IOOF expects the pre-tax exposure to reach $19 million net of insurance proceeds and excluding costs. Following the ruling in 2019, IMF Bentham said: "Whilst final orders [from Supreme Court of ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... annual review. The APRA 2020 Year in Review highlighted the difficult circumstances faced by those under its watch, with insurance companies being rocked by bushfires at the start of the year, and the super industry reacting to the government's early ...