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No pat on the back for high performers: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... base," Ross said "The decision to focus on five-year returns highlights the long term nature of superannuation. "With insurance being default opt-out for most members, this benchmarking aspect is also very important."

Default insurance likely to go: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has predicted a decline in the important of insurance in superannuation, including its ousting as a default portion of the system. Appearing as part of a panel discussion about the future of super at the ASFA ...

High claims acceptance among insurers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
APRA and ASIC data has shown that 94% of life insurance claims from the major insurers were accepted over the year to June 2019, though with significance variance between cover types. The regulators have come together to publish data on life insurance ...

TAL launching new product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... first of its kind in Australia. The product is designed to protect people with diabetes and will include offers of life insurance premium reductions for customers who demonstrate that they are managing their health condition. The product builds on the ...

FASEA attempting to re-write law: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... by Investment Trends breaking down the revenue streams of advice practices. If grandfathered trail commissions, life insurance commissions and asset based fee for service charges are at risk under the code then 57% of practice income is at risk as a ...

Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... Cbus' Growth MySuper option, if they don't choose otherwise, but includes the benefit of automatic tailored insurance dependent on the member's job. Cbus Corporate Super members can choose from three occupation categories to suit the risks ...

BDM pay healthy despite headwinds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... and $180,000, while $170,000 is at the lower end of what senior BDMs in retail funds management can expect. For life insurance BDMs, seniors earn $140,000-$170,000, BDMs are on $110,000-$140,000 and junior BDMs earn $95,000-$110,000. Kaizen said most ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... executive lineup, creating new roles as part of a wider realignment of the business that sees responsibility for its life insurance business split in two. The life insurer has redesigned its structure, splitting its life insurance business into two separate ...

Industry fund changes insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... superannuation fund has swapped out Hannover Life as its provider for income protection cover, amid an overhaul of its insurance offering. NESS Super (New South Wales Electrical Superannuation Scheme) managed about $760 million in superannuation savings ...

Antares portfolio manager moves to LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... billion at the end of September. McNeill joins an investment team of nine. He will cover banks, diversified financials, insurance and real estate investment trusts. He reports to AFIC's chief investment officer Mark Freeman, who is also the chief executive. ...