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Zurich makes leadership appointment

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... role of chief claims officer, effective immediately. Leung has served as chief operations officer of Zurich's general insurance business since January 2021. She will also continue in this role until mid-March, Zurich said. In her new role, Leung will ...

LifeBid bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... solution LifeBid has added to its board of advisers. Financial adviser Katherine Hayes, who is co-founder of Hayes & Co Insurance Services and NSW and ACT director for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has joined the board. She joins Zurich ...

AIST, MetLife tackle underinsurance issue

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of group insurance in a bid to tackle the underinsurance problem. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck told Financial Standard that this partnership ...

Pinnacle adds to US leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... co-managing director Alison Maschmeyer, Kirkpatrick is responsible for public pension plans, private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, family offices and private wealth. The US is now Pinnacle's largest market by funds under ...

CBA Group Super overhauls service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... Wellbeing, the insurer's new advice business. The change in financial advice provider has no impact on the group insurance arrangements between AIA and CBA Group Super. These mandates follow another that was awarded in December to Fulcrum Asset Management ...

Zurich expands group insurance leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Zurich Life & Investments will soon welcome its first head of digital and member engagement within the group insurance team, hiring from Aware Super. Ahmad Racheha has been appointed to the newly created role at Zurich, effective next month. Racheha ...

QIC adds new investment role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... management and investment strategy and has previously been directly responsible for one of Australia's largest managed insurance portfolios, QIC said. Whittaker commenced in the new role this month.

Pendal appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... since 2016. Page's experience as a company director and chair across a range of sectors include funds management, insurance and technology. She is currently a director of ASX-listed companies Brickworks, Growthpoint Properties Australia and Service ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... the importance of ensuring consumers can access affordable financial advice that considers their investment and life insurance needs. In response to the latest installment of the heatmaps initiative, acting chief executive of the Financial Services Council ...

APRA, ASIC provide annual update

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... particular focus in this regard. The FAR is aimed at improving the governance and risk management of entities in the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors, and increasing transparency and accountability across these sectors. APRA and ASIC are ...