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Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... employees aged between 18 and 64-years-old, aiming to understand the level of engagement and awareness of life insurance inside super. MetLife Australia chief executive Deanne Stewart said the results were positive as it shows there's a high level of ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... insurance or disability income insurance; reopened claims; voluntary discontinuances; and multi-benefit policies that are both inside and outside super. During 2016, 8% of the 103,100 claims finalised (a total of 126,300 claims were reported) were declined ...

Cyber-security fears strike industry: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Cyber-security has emerged as a major concern for finance, insurance and superannuation firms in the last six months, latest research from technology provider TAS suggests. About half (46%) of executives canvassed in the second edition of the Compliance ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... startups, founding members of the association include Cover Genius, Swarm, Flamingo, Audeamus Risk, Friendsurance, Evari, Inside Mind and Insured By Us. Lead & co-founder of Insurtech Australia, Brenton Charnley wants to see Australia become a world ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... inactive accounts to the ATO rose to $6000, capturing around 100,000 additional super accounts with about $220 million inside of them. ASFA said the increased superannuation reporting requirements have also provided the ATO with greater information around ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... must pass an integrity test to become members. CISI, together with FINSIA, recently launched Ethics and Integrity from the Inside Out, an interactive two-hour simulation-based seminar that's part of a pilot program which will eventually roll out across ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... lifestage fund for this age bracket was the Local Government Super High Growth option, returning 14% during the period. Also inside Rainmaker's top five were AMP Simple Default Fund MySuper 1970s (13.6%); Telstra Super Corporate Plus MySuper Growth (13.3%) ...

ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
ASIC could soon be given enhanced powers to receive interception materials, seized by another government agency, in cases of alleged insider trading, market manipulation and financial services fraud. The new powers, outlined in the ASIC Enforcement ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...