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Federal Court dismisses Freedom Insurance staff allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
The Federal Court has dismissed ASIC's claims that a former Freedom Insurance director and staff member were engaged in shocking and harmful sales tactics. Judge Goodman did not accept ASIC's claims that former director Keith Cohen and quality ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ensure policy owners understand their options when life insurance is at risk of lapsing or cancellation. Sutjipto will provide direct engagement, training and strategic support, equipping advisers ...

Fidante partner hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... recently as head of liquid diversifying research, responsible for research and allocations in hedge fund, alternative beta, insurance-linked and multi-asset strategies. She was also a member of several investment committees overseeing institutional client ...

BUSSQ streamlines product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... The MySuper product was the default, investing members in the MySuper Balanced Growth option and giving them default insurance cover. Meantime, Premium Choice housed eight investment options and included different insurance types, including income protection. ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Former members of Christian Super will see several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Wales," he said. Gilmour said the expansion will target strategic partnerships with boutique financial advice firms, insurance brokers, lending specialists and accounting practices, which will help create joint ventures and referral pathways that deliver ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... advice firm Geographe Financial Group (Geographe). Geographe has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. In 2024, AZ NGA acquired AMP's Equity Portfolio and gained a minority stake in ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... an expert panel, including medical practitioners, legal specialists, rehabilitation and return-to-work experts, life insurance practitioners, and people with lived experience, to help design the framework. CALI chief executive Christine Cupitt said clarity ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... outsourced to these providers are financial planning, including client data entry and product research, paraplanning, insurance application and document support, and client communication, such as client situation updates or business updates. The review ...

Annual ReCALIbrate recipients named

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... have been announced. The five beneficiaries are Whitsunday Wealth financial adviser Zoe Kennedy, Parachute Cover life insurance specialist Natalie Lackner, My Fortress Townsville financial adviser Alyssa Turner, Purely Finance provisional financial adviser ...