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Cbus increases insurance premiums

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... and discussions with TAL Life, which is the fund's group insurance provider. "Each year we negotiate carefully with our insurer to get you the best value cover we can," Cbus said to members.

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... is highly concentrated with just three insurers holding a total market share of 88%. TAL is the largest death and TPD insurer with a 45% market share. AIA is second with 23%, followed by MetLife with 19%. There are a total of eight insurers serving the ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
HCF Life Insurance has been fined $750,000 by the Federal Court for misleading the public about a pre-existing condition term under its Recover products. Last October, the court ruled the term would deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Labor winning a second term means numerous reforms that fell through the cracks in the lead up to the federal election will potentially see the finish line more seamlessly compared to another party taking power, according to ASIC. Meanwhile, APRA said ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... recent case, consumer advocate Adam Glezer told Financial Standard, he had to bypass the fund and deal directly with its insurer to expedite a terminal illness claim. A Rest spokesperson pointed to demographic factors that may explain the fund's ...

Acenda forms innovation function to create new insurance propositions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... non-bank lender OSQO as chief product and distribution officer, and at Firemark Ventures, the venture capital arm of general insurer IAG, as director of emerging technology. Acenda chief claims and transformation officer Andrew Beevors said the function ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Group is growing again, taking on the Zurich Master Superannuation Plan and a small MLC product. The Zurich Master Superannuation Plan will be merged into the Smart Future Trust alongside the MLC Insurance Only product that currently sits inside ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
As May 3 steadily approaches, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have announced some big spending policies to woo voters. If elected, Labor has promised first home buyers a government loan guarantee to purchase a property ...

Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Zurich Financial Services has confirmed the promotion of its deputy chief investment officer to chief investment officer. Yile Chen replaces Mathew Drennan who has served in the role since late 2022. Drennan was promoted from head of savings and investments ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Rainmaker Information has rebranded the RainmakerLive terminal to Rainmaker MarketPro and introduced several key product updates. "Rainmaker MarketPro is the only local source of data and insights for wealth managers that is backed by global technology ...