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Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... infrastructure and support. Now NSW-based practice Macaplan Financial Planning Resources and Canberra-based Rightway Insurance Services have chosen LaVista to assist them in managing licence obligations. LaVista chief executive Mike Pope points to the ...

OnePath updates trauma definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... updated more than 600 trauma definitions in a bid to be more customer-centric as part of its commitment to the Life Insurance Code of Practice. The review, which commenced in 2018, assessed more than 25,000 trauma policies to ensure the most up-to-date ...

Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... Tencent), Baidu, Line (including Rakuten) and NTT Docomo all offer not only payment systems but money market funds, insurance and credit. Using big data in establishing financial services platforms, big tech might actually be well placed to assess things ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... to achieve workable and practical outcomes for members." Recently the two associations have also partnered on a life insurance taskforce as ASIC's Life Insurance Framework review approaches.

Advice group hires national practice manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... with providing technical and research support covering financial planning strategies, investment product solutions and insurance advice. Over the years, he moved on to work as a business development manager at Australian Unity and network development ...

Insurer to add value via tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The battle for customer engagement and demonstrable value in the world of life insurance is leading to a raft of new offers, including a new wellness program from Zurich. Zurich today launched LiveWell, an app-based program that will reward customers ...

MetLife appoints new distribution lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... $25 billion and 1 million members to $66 billion and 1.4 million members. Prior to Sunsuper, Mulholland was head of insurance sales at MLC. His predecessor in the chief distribution officer role at MetLife, Chesne Stafford, will step into the newly created ...

Westpac names business arm chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... announced in March it would realign its wealth strategy and BT Financial Group will cease as a standalone division. Its insurance divisions moved into business and consumer; private wealth, platforms and investments and superannuation moved into an expanded ...

AustralianSuper, Link renew mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... each. The services Link will continue to provide include automated back office processing, contact centre operations and insurance claim processing. Link will also provide data and cybersecurity services. "The contract coincides with a fundamental shift ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The key financial advice associations have teamed up for a life insurance taskforce as the industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association ...