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Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... QSuper and First State Super. At Mills Oakley, McKechnie focused on super and life insurance, and specialised in group insurance. McKechnie currently serves as NSW chair of the Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association. She regularly presents ...

APRA hires former MLC Life executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The former chief customer officer of group insurance at MLC Life Insurance has joined the prudential regulator. APRA confirmed Suzanne Smith has taken on the role of general manager of superannuation for the specialised institutions division. Melbourne-based ...

Group insurance reforms to be tabled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Legislative reforms that will see group life insurance offered to under-25 year olds and those with low account balances on an opt-in basis will be tabled in Parliament today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019 ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said the originally proposed carve out of young people from group insurance would have had an impact on people in high-risk occupations and with young children. "There is clear evidence that insurance ...

Legalsuper expands member services arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... most recently with Harvest Financial Group, helping corporate clients structure and maintain superannuation and group insurance benefits. His 20 years in financial services includes working in corporate superannuation management roles at NAB and Aviva ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... be measured. Consideration of a fund's track record on fees, governance and innovations, and how well its group insurance offering caters to new members of all occupations would also be required, the report said. "The age old adage that past performance ...

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission is calling for an independent public inquiry into group insurance and floated the possibility of tougher regulation that includes sharper ASIC oversight, among other recommendations. Recommendation 18 in the Productivity ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... tactics at the same round of the Royal Commission, ClearView registered a high 12.4% growth over the period. For the group insurance segment, MetLife (14.5%) and OnePath (5.7%) recorded well above-average percentage increases in annual inflows, Strategic ...

Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... about the time it listed. The company has branched out into superannuation, having recently developing a tailored group insurance product with Swiss Re. The deal involves jointly researching and developing customised group insurance products using machine ...

Two senior hires at Integrity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... of change finance for the last two years, and prior to this worked at CBA, Westpac and Zurich. Integrity offers group insurance, but will launch its retail product early next year. It is currently conducting the pilot of its retail products and proprietary ...