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Stapling's consequences must be addressed: Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... that likely won't include insurance, or if it does is likely to include occupational exclusions. This means despite the real-life daily risks workers face in their new construction job, they are not insured for working at heights and with heavy machinery." ...

Life after legalsuper: Proebstl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... model for back-office functions." Proebstl noted that services that might fit such a model include regulatory/compliance, risk management, company secretariat, tax governance and optimisation, internal audit and cyber risk management. Services would ...

TAL launches Professional Year platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... advisers and also helping more advisers join the industry." The news comes after TAL's backing of The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), which now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australi ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... According to the ATO, almost one dollar in every five held in SMSFs is in a pooled investment product, being a managed fund, a life insurance policy or some type of collective trust. Equities allocations remain steady at about 36%, as does property at ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... crystal ball to determine how long savings will need to last. However, 'the degree of confidence' regarding length of life are critical to understanding how long retirement income needs to last. "The main metric quoted by the media and financial ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... the duration of the policy and the nature of the ongoing service they will provide to the client in relation to the life risk product, the paper says. QAR chair Michelle Levy said: "I have been persuaded that there are some benefits and some circumstances ...

Challenger appoints chief financial officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... financial officer of the funds' management business. She has also held senior roles at BT Financial Group and AXA Sun Life Insurance. Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton welcomed Bell back. "Her deep knowledge of our business ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... the report recommended a guaranteed CPI-linked lifetime annuity that pays retirees an income stream for the rest of their life that adjusts in line with inflation changes. Moreover, regarding lifetime annuities there's been an innovation to provide ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... advisers bring their technical and emotional expertise to the benefit of clients. In better times, helping clients to achieve life-long goals, while in challenging circumstances, adding value through cases of trauma, illness, financial crises, estate ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... sales still falling," NMG said. "But not as far as today's scenario, which will by more than offset by a simplified life risk advice model creating additional new policies." However, given the dynamic between lapsing policies and new business, even with ...