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BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Protection Plus Plan and the Client Services Team award for its claims division. OnePath won the Term/TPD and Trauma awards; CommInsure won for Risk Product Innovation, Annuity and Income Stream Innovation, and Investment Bond Results; Challenger was ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... group executive, wealth management, Annabel Spring also appeared, using her opening statements to defend last year's CommInsure scandal and provide the Committee with a copy of the Deloitte report released last Tuesday. "Now, we are not perfect and mistakes ...

CommInsure cleared of systemic problems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
An independent expert report compiled by Deloitte has cleared CommInsure of having systemic culture issues when it comes to claims handling processes. The Deloitte report states that no systemic issues related to historically declined claims were identified ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) recorded a net profit of $125 million; Colonial First State (CFS) $92 million; and CommInsure $106 million. Other branches of CBA's wealth business recorded a $74 million loss. CBA said its funds management income, when ...

CommInsure wins group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
CommInsure will replace MetLife as group insurer for a multi-industry superannuation fund. It marks the first public mandate win for CommInsure since losing CareSuper, NGS Super and TWU Super in 2016. The insurer was also plagued by scandal around its ...

Non-aligned advisers gifted growth opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Adviser of the Year Darren Johns agreed, citing the various scandals that have plagued the industry this year such as CommInsure. "I think there's been a deliberate trend towards non-ASIC [defined] independence. People in the street actually want advice ...

CommInsure loses $4.5bn fund partner

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
CommInsure has lost another insurance contract, this time with a $4.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a competitive tender, transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER ended its partnership with CommInsure and selected TAL as its ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
CommInsure has consulted with advisers nationwide to improve its product offering. The enhancements include more generous expiry ages, an extended indemnity income protection policy, updated trauma definitions and a continuation of total and permanent ...

Mercer chooses new super insurance partner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016

Advisers drive annuities growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... construction and meeting the needs of clients approaching or already in retirement in one place." Following the inclusion of CommInsure annuities in 2015, CFS has further broadened its range of retirement solutions with the addition of the Challenger ...