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BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... policyholders with greater clarity when making a claim. "For example, the angioplasty advancement benefit no longer requires a six-month wait between procedures, allowing multiple partial Living insurance benefit claims for different angioplasty events. ...

TAL waives life premiums for drought-stricken farmers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Life insurer TAL will waive insurance premiums for drought-affected farmers in New South Wales and Queensland for a period of six months, it announced today. TAL retail customers who are eligible for the Federal government's farm household allowance ...

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
Some of Australia's prominent life insurers are preparing for time in the Royal Commission witness box, after case studies were announced for the sixth round of public hearings. TAL, CommInsure, ClearView and Freedom Insurance have been named to ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
If there's one thing Australia's "weekus horribilis" proved, it's that financial markets hate uncertainty. The week of 20-24 August began with a challenge to sitting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party and ended ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... varied widely. In 2010, both equities and currency recovered within a few months. However, in 2015, equities trended down over six months while currency ended the year higher.

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... a binding agreement with an offshore institutional investor to sell the wholesale funds' interest in the company's six retirement living funds. If the sale goes ahead, investors in the Corinda, Maroochydore, Lutwyche, Middle Range, Bilinga and ...

Industry fund and Lendlease strike $1.4bn property deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... joint statement said. "The strength of the sector has been underpinned by a major shift to renting, which has seen more than six million renter households created in the US over the past 10 years," the investors said. Lendlease Americas chief executive ...

Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... ClearView took out top spot in overall satisfaction rankings for the second year in a row, while also leading the field in another six out of 12 categories measured. AIA Australia and TAL were ranked second and third respectively.

Millennials looking for impact: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Latest research from a global asset manager with operations in Australia shows impact investing is growing in popularity, with millennials leading the charge. According to American Century Investments, the appeal of impact investing reached 49% among ...

Former licensee chief to lead fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... director of Infocus from 2012 to 2017. He was most recently chief executive of AMP-backed fintech Macrovue, a role he held for six months. Bristow will add a wealth of management experience, having worked in senior roles across a range of successful ...