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Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... complainants. Most complaints lodged with AFCA related to banking and finance at 58%, down from 60% last year. General insurance was behind that accounting for 24% of complaints, then superannuation at 9% and financial advice at 6%. Credit cards were ...

PPS Mutual hires from Synchron

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Former Synchron state manager has joined mutual insurance firm PPS Mutual as a senior business development manager to strengthen its distribution in Victoria and Tasmania. Jason Milosevski has been the Victorian state manager at Synchron for the past ...

Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... insurer for some of Australia's biggest super funds, produced a comprehensive white paper on mental health and life insurance in an effort to improve the industry's support for those with mental health conditions. One of the key findings of the research ...

Bendigo closes SmartOptions Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... making it the cheapest - or certainly among the cheapest retail superannuation funds that anyone can join. The equivalent insurance offering that was available to SmartOptions Super members is also available in Bendigo SmartStart Super." Given the combination ...

AMP extends life insurance APL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
AMP has updated its approved product list (APL), allowing aligned financial advisers to recommend an enhanced suite of insurers. The new APL includes AIA, BT, MetLife, OnePath/Zurich and TAL. BT and MetLife are the two new additions. And, for the first ...

IFM bets on SaaS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... investment in July 2019 in My Plan Manager, a provider of plan management services to clients in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. IFM chief executive David Neal said: "Private equity is a key growth area for IFM and we see this investment as ...

Spaceship delivers for millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Investment returns, which normally assume a $50,000 balance, were then adjusted to reflect a $5000 average account balance (insurance costs were excluded). "The way super funds structure their fees mean young members pay disproportionately higher fees ...

Life insurers recognised for innovation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
MLC Life Insurance, Challenger and TAL were big winners at this year's Plan For Life insurance awards, recognised for their innovative products and offerings. For health and wellness initiatives, MLC Life won four categories: the Overall Health ...

Westpac profits down on AUSTRAC fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... ratio rose 46 basis points to 11.13%. Its specialist businesses division which includes superannuation platforms and insurance was down $506 million with superannuation platforms and investments cash earnings at $111 million, down from $285 million in ...

EQT names chair, compliance member

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... non-executive director Carol Schwartz as chair. Sedgwick was previously managing director of Accenture's Asia Pacific insurance and wealth practice, and has consulted to listed and unlisted financial services and information technology enterprises across ...