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ASIC to improve default insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
An ASIC investigation found group insurance cover is poorly designed and disclosed to members who are being defaulted into occupational categories with limited data. After looking at the practices of super funds, ASIC found a high proportion of members ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey, which asked corporate pension funds, public pension funds, asset owners, insurance companies, endowments and more about their ESG priorities. The findings were predictable in that 54% consider sustainable ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Banco De Sabadell and Bankia, Irish banks AIB Group and Bank of Ireland and French insurance company La Mondiale. "Investors are in a unique position to direct capital to companies that provide solutions to sustainability ...

Advice group partners with insurance broker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Advice and accounting group Kelly+Partners has partnered with Austbrokers to exchange expertise, including life insurance broking. The two ASX-listed companies will set up a new operation called Austbrokers Kelly+Partners which will be owned 50% by ...

Hannover reverses out of group insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... group life insurer, as Hannover Re reverses out of the segment to focus on reinsurance. The German insurer currently has insurance mandates for large superannuation funds like Equipsuper and Sunsuper as well as for smaller ones such as Mercy Super and ...

HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... social infrastructure and to help support business consolidations in important mutual sectors such as private health insurance, banking and friendly societies," Australian Unity Group managing director Rohan Mead said. "We've seen extraordinary growth ...

LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Youth Service - a Queensland youth service for LGBTI+ young people and their families. Also making the list was QBE Insurance head of technology Lisa Hilton, who was described as a trailblazer by peers. "Someone once said to me, 'if you want to work ...

ASIC prepares industry for claims handling law

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... regulator has released more information to help life insurers and financial advisers adapt to new regulation when handling insurance claims. ASIC's information sheet and consultation paper C12 Proof: Claims Handling and Settling Service Statement builds ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... research shows. Governance Institute of Australia's fifth annual Ethics Index 2020 ranked the banking, finance and insurance industry at 18% with the lowest score across all sectors however, made a significant improvement on its score of -11% in ...

Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The life insurance industry has continued to take a hit to profit, with risk products reporting significant losses. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest quarterly life insurance performance statistics paint a bleak picture ...