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Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... appoint a new board director, replacing the lone representative of a major shareholder. Satoshi Wakuya has notified ClearView of his intention to stand down from the board at the company's annual general meeting in November. Wakuya is general manager ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... obligations for advertising heart attack cover that was misleading and deceptive. Orr said it's open to the Commission to find ClearView engaged in misconduct by breaching anti-hawking provisions, while Freedom Insurance may have engaged in unconscionable ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... position. Earlier, Orr reintroduced the case studies heard in the first week of the hearings, referring specifically to the ClearView and Freedom Insurance episodes, whose practices of selling direct life insurance - particularly over the phone - absorbed ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... provisions up to 303,000 times. The figure has ballooned from the 278,664 originally reported to the Commission, according to ClearView chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin, who took the witness stand this afternoon. Martin told counsel assisting ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... announced Mark McCrea is the new operations manager and Jacqueline Little takes on the head of product role. Joining from ClearView Wealth as head of operations, McCrea brings 25 years' of experience in financial services - predominantly in life insurance. ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... outcomes. The practises of 11 life insurance providers selling direct-to-customers were examined and included: CommInsure, ClearView Life Assurance, NobleOak Life, Suncorp Life & Superannuation, TAL Life, and OnePath, St Andrew's Life Insurance and ...

TAL waives life premiums for drought-stricken farmers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... response. TAL is due to appear at the Royal Commission's next round alongside other life insurers including: AMP, ClearView, CommInsure and Freedom Insurance, starting September 10.

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Royal Commission witness box, after case studies were announced for the sixth round of public hearings. TAL, CommInsure, ClearView and Freedom Insurance have been named to front the Royal Commission, alongside $51 billion industry super fund Rest and ...

ClearView results up despite adviser earnings drop

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Diversified financial services firm ClearView increased underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) in its wealth management and life insurance arms during FY18, however financial advice earnings dropped. Releasing its FY18 results yesterday, ClearView said ...

Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... level. About half (48%) of the planners surveyed rated their main life insurer as 'very good' compared with 47% in 2017. ClearView took out top spot in overall satisfaction rankings for the second year in a row, while also leading the field in another ...