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Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Leadership Award in the Active Core Sector. Snowden also previously served as non-executive director at national mental health charity SANE Australia. Snowden is the latest former Wilson Asset Management stalwart to join Sandon, with current director ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
ANZ Wealth is making inroads with its newly launched mental health initiatives, including innovative and preventative programs aiming for the life insurer to play a more active role in the space. According to ANZ Wealth head of mental health and wellness ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... recommendations - particularly around claims handling, medical definitions, customer communication timeframes and mental health - are either already included in the FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice or will be adopted in the second iteration. ASFA ...

FSC proposes genetics and insurance council

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... framework to determine how genetics and life insurance should interact in the best interest of consumers. Similar to the mental health roundtables the FSC conducts, the new council would respond to issues arising in jurisdictions around the globe to ...

FSC honours life insurance industry talent

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... in Direct Life Insurance Award for its MyLife product; and the Innovation In Retail Life Insurance Award for its mental health training program. AMP's mental health training helps employees and advisers engage with people experiencing mental health issues. ...

Actuaries Institute names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... actuarial profession and the institute, having delivered key thought-leadership position papers on issues such as mental health, big data disruption, health care funding and retirement. She has driven significant involvement in the Financial System Inquiry ...

Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... Swiss Re and IPAR to help cancer patients beyond medical treatment highlights the increasing importance of tackling mental health and wellbeing issues in our community," he said. Swiss Re managing director of Australia and New Zealand Mark Senkevics ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
A mental health foundation that works with profit-to-member superannuation funds has appointed its first independent, non-executive director to the board. Megan Bonny joins SuperFriend with more than 20 years' experience in managing communications and ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Mental health is an issue growing across Australia and the financial services industry is responding. AMP recently refreshed its mental health training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial ...