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Art, rare coins cause issues for SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... advice, it's illegal to give a client directions on their investments," Aisbett said. "If the coins have melted there's an insurance claim. If there's no insurance [on an SMSF asset] then there's compliance issues." Fletcher couldn't believe rare coins ...

Zurich appoints distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... account management. Atley is responsible for managing key dealer group partnerships across the Zurich and OnePath life insurance portfolios. They will all report to chief distribution officer Kristine Brooks. The combined leadership team will be responsible ...

Count Financial treads new path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... Count Financial has charged relatively low fees to member firms, subsidising software costs and professional indemnity insurance. With Count Financial failing to turn a profit in recent years, CountPlus has removed some of these subsidies already and ...

Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... definitive agreement to partner with Ravi Agarwal's MEDIQ Financial Services which specialises in accounting, investment, insurance, tax and legal and financial advice for medical professionals and their families. It has about 310 clients across ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
AIA Australia, which now owns CommInsure Life, has announced that CommInsure Protection products will cease accepting new business from 31 March 2020. AIA said the move to streamline its retail advised life risk business is the next step in its integration ...

Partnership sees improved advice services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... assist members with a broader range of topics than was possible before, including contributions, investment choice, insurance, transition to retirement, simple retirement advice, and a retirement health check. "The partnership with Link Advice gives ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Members of a $25 billion industry superannuation fund are set to pay higher insurance premiums from April 1, with some paying up to 20% more for death and TPD. VicSuper has notified members their insurance premiums are increasing as a result of the ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... accountability and responsibility and would not address issues such as capital adequacy and robust professional indemnity insurance for advice firms," it said. This FSC also recommended that the CSLR scheme be "mid-coverage" and "targeted" at the sectors ...

AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... income protection policies in 2019. "This is in line with industry average increases," a spokesperson for AIA said. "The insurance industry has been experiencing an increase in income protection claims over the past few years. One of the ways in which ...

HESTA hikes default insurance cover

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
The $55 billion industry fund is hiking the cost of its standard insurance cover for most of its members, with those aged 55 to 64 years to be the worst hit. HESTA's standard insurance cover -- which eligible members automatically receive upon signing ...