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Suncorp completes insurance review after breaches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... 849,000 customers between June 2010 to June 2013, requiring refunds of approximately $23 million. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said: "ASIC welcomes the report, which followed a positive and constructive process with Suncorp. We are pleased that the ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... response to address insurance sector failures, the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) deputy chair Peter Kell said "This needs a collective response to ensure that this unacceptable level of failure is addressed," Kell told the ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... insurers and advice firms need to work on delivering a consistently better service for consumers," ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said. "Life insurance is a key product through which consumers manage risk for themselves and their families. It is therefore ...

ASIC bans former Synchron adviser

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... portfolio implemented for the clients departed from the asset allocation set out in the SOAs. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said: "'Mr Irwin's conduct demonstrates a clear failure of his obligation as a financial adviser to act in the interests of ...

Macquarie forced to contact all advice clients for remediation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Macquarie had not responded to Financial Standard 's requests for comment. Speaking to the media, ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell refused to reveal how many breach reports regarding MPW personnel have been filed, how many MPW advisers or former advisers ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... licensing obligations. Esuperfund removed the statements from its website following ASIC's action. Deputy chairman Peter Kell said: 'Some terms and phrases - such as "free" - have such a strong connotation for consumers that particular care should be ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... business and confirmed the professional indemnity insurance arrangements of the remaining licensees. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said: "This review has assisted ASIC to remove licensees which are failing to meet their professional indemnity obligations ...

FSC annual conference 2014 - Day 1 newsletter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... from Day 1 include FSC chairman Greg Cooper's opening address and a keynote presentation from ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell, APRA deputy chairman Ian Laughlin andA Treasury's Jan Harris. Read the newsletter for more.

We don't want to regulate SMSFs: APRA, ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... want to regulate SMSFs," said Ian Laughlin, deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But Peter Kell, deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), challenged his questioner whether being asked ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... recognising they may have been exposed to a less robust or non-compliant supervisory environment', ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said.