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Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... said an example of Munich Re's commitment to new insurtech business models is establishing its own insurtech start-up Digital Partners some 18 months ago in the northern hemisphere, which is currently enjoying "early successes." Digital Partners aims ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... establish an Innovation Hub in Adelaide, provide $35 million in ICT investment in South Australia and to work with local digital start-ups. The sale follows a similar move by the New South Wales government in April, which awarded the right to run the ...

New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... Zealand government is looking to remove the distinction between class and personal advice, as well as allow the provision of digital advice as it seeks to overhaul the country's regulatory regime for financial advisers. The Financial Services Legislation ...

Bennelong appoints new CSO in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... similar roles at Australian Unity. She will report to head of marketing Ella Tassi along with two other new appointments: digital marketing manager Steven Asquith, who joined from VicSuper; and marketing officer Minna Pacanowski. Commenting on the new ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... Apple (2.83% of net return), eBay (1.68%) and Microsoft (1.54%). Laying out his case for the increasing prominence of "digital-platform companies," Douglass said stocks like the above are "dream businesses from an economic perspective, as they earn nearly ...

Industry fund makes tech play to combat unpaid super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... survey of Australia's top 50 super funds, demonstrated the industry was only making "incremental" steps towards greater digital engagement with their member-bases. The report also noted that despite over a fifth (21%) of Australians exclusively accessing ...

Millennial disengagement dire for economy: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... better able to self-fund their retirements, Loane added. Engaging millennials by being transparent and using personalised digital means could potentially solve the massive trust deficit with their super - such barriers are not trivial, but neither are ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... "dazzling" and will make the industry unrecognisable in years to come, a PwC expert said. In a blog published yesterday, digital experience centre lead partner Nick Spooner highlighted the rise of artificial intelligence, peer-to-peer cover, on-demand ...

MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... Insurance is positioning itself to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 million ...

Ignition Wealth begins European expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... opportunities arising elsewhere in Europe as its technology is both multi-language and multi-currency. Ignition Wealth said its digital financial advice technology will provide the Irish advice market with operational efficiencies and delivering greater ...