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Regal Partners appoints chair-elect

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... on May 28, in a bid to assume the role of the chair. Yates is currently chair of AIA Australia, one of Australia's largest life insurers, having served on the board in various committees since 2010. He is also a director of Mutual Trust and the Australian ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be strengthened to reflect the growing mental health crisis, better support vulnerable customers and improve the claims-handling process. These are the key themes that emerged in the newly published Life Insurance ...

Concerns raised over super switching consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... argument that given the quantum of the decisions that people are making, they're talking often about switching their entire life savings, that kind of regulatory arrangement is more appropriate," Mulino said. "There's also potentially restrictions ...

AMP head of corporate pensions departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... walked into 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane (the Gold Tower) I had no idea how important AMP would become in my and my family's life. Over four decades many things have changed as AMP has evolved but there has always been two constants being the people ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... HPI in early 2025 for around $760 million. In June last year Charter Hall received a $2.1 billion mandate from Challenger Life to manage its direct Australian property assets. The group also has some major security holders including HSBC, J P Morgan ...

Cbus names new chief technology officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... technology officer Mirella Robinson left the super fund in February 2024 to take on the chief technology officer role at MLC Life Insurance.

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... origination capabilities, establishing a platform to help originate and service large scalable pools of whole loans for Challenger Life and institutional investors. "Whole loans, encompassing mortgages, personal loans and asset finance, represent a substantial ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

Genetic testing laws pass parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
New laws that ban the ability to discriminate based on adverse predictive genetic test results in life insurance underwriting have passed parliament. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said Australians should not feel discouraged from undertaking ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... 2050. Finder personal finance expert Sarah Megginson said wealth transfers are large and growing. "For some, it could be life changing money. Australia is on the cusp of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer we've ever seen," Megginson said. ...