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ASIC approves world-first fintech exemptions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... its FSI commitments on technology neutral regulation for the financial sector and facilitating rationalisation of life insurance and managed investment scheme legacy products."

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... government, industry organisations and the private sector. He was national government relations manager with the Insurance Council of Australia from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as a senior adviser to ministers in the NSW and Victorian governments before ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Insurance within superannuation is critical to curbing Australia's underinsurance problem, with group insurance giving more than nine out of 10 working Australians cover they wouldn't necessarily otherwise have. Submitting to the Parliamentary Joint ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Superannuation trustees and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Prominent legal firm Slater and Gordon believes the Life Insurance Code of Practice is a missed opportunity to fix serious systemic problems in the industry. Several life insurers welcomed the Code issued by the Financial Services Council (FSC) yesterday ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... have the ability to sanction insurers who do not comply with a new set of standards laid out in an industry-wide Life Insurance Code of Practice produced by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new code, released today, goes beyond what is required ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
On the eve of the Financial Services Council publishing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, industry bodies have collectively reinforced their beliefs on the purpose of group insurance in superannuation. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... stage investments in fintech and its related sectors such as digital distribution, payments, lending, data and security, insurance, wealth and superannuation. H2Ocean's objective is to provide an alternative to traditional equities through a diversified ...

Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed to Financial Standard that draft legislation pertaining to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will be formally re-introduced in early October when Federal Parliament next meets. An exposure draft of ...

Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... The AFA said the commitments to consumers are "insufficient" to foster cultural change and that the role of the life insurance financial advice profession has been ignored. "Restricting the code to setting out best practice standards for insurers in ...