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ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... since 2012. In response to the number of increasing mental illness related claims, ANZ named Maria Falas as head of mental health and wellness for life insurance. She was most recently a client solutions manager for group risk. ANZ Wealth group executive ...

Advisers must provide more than financial health checks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... planning and wealth protection strategies. Haskew believes all advisers should be across their clients' physical and mental health as well as recreational or lifestyle habits as they are key factors in determining which wealth strategies are feasible. ...

AFA launches mental health service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... partnered with one of Australia's largest providers of employment assistance programs to help its membership with mental health support services. AFA Care is a partnership with Davidson Trahaire Corpsych and was officially launched at the AFA 2017 National ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... reaction: "Don't let anyone 'should' about you." AFA CEO Phil Kewin goes onstage and talks about the importance of mental health and wellbeing. "Many financial advisers run small businesses so you have the stresses of a small business owner," he said. ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
AMP has refreshed its mental health training for financial advisers with new content that exceeds the minimum standards of the Life Insurance Code. Initially designed for customer-facing insurance staff, the modules aim to help advisers manage difficult ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... billion on individual disability policies, including $427 million in the year to March 2017. Coupled with rising mental health claims and a low-return environment, there have been reduced investment returns on the premium pool, and hence it has pushed ...

Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... and to bring about intervention," Gates said. "Financial stress, like other stress, is a significant threat to our mental health and can lead to mental illness." Financial Mindfulness was eager to point out that financial stress is not only experience ...

Complex operations leaving life customers confused

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... confusion and the likelihood of not knowing what they are insured for, Clark agreed that it may. Appointing a new mental health expert recently, Clark said this is an effort toward TAL being an expert in the field, with record mental health claims for ...

New role builds Cbus momentum, Atkin joins SuperFriend

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... a non-executive director of Victoria Legal Aid. In more Cbus news, Atkin has joined the board of not-for-profit mental health foundation SuperFriend which strives to create mentally healthy workplaces to reduce the incidence of suicide and the impact ...

TAL intensifies mental health strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Life insurer TAL is expanding its mental health capabilities by creating a new executive role and partnering with an expert in the field. Glenn Baird has been appointed as head of mental health and will be responsible for driving TAL's mental health ...