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RBA issues stern climate change warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... climate change-related property damage and business losses. In some cases businesses and households could lose access to insurance. "Further, companies that generate significant pollution might face reputational damage or legal liability from their activities ...

TAL goes back-to-back at AFA awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... AFA Life Company of the Year Award, beating AIA, OnePath Life and Zurich to the prize. The awards recognised the life insurance sector for its contribution to the advice profession, with life insurance companies and annuities providers from across the ...

NAB agrees to RC wealth recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... recommendations. NAB agreed with all 34 of Hayne's recommendations relating to financial advice, superannuation and insurance, as well as his additional recommendations around regulators, culture and governance. The bank's recently appointed chair Phil ...

Allianz Retire+ launches flagship product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... and protection options to suit their retirement needs. Future Safe is a seven-year investment product issued by a life insurance company that gives customers access to share market returns with the certainty of a range of outcomes. Investments can range ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... 102-year-old fund was previously called the Officers Superannuation Fund. It now oversees retirement savings, pensions and insurance requirements for roughly 74,000 current and former employees of the group and their families.

Interest in early access to super rises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... on behalf of clients include understanding how TTR pensions, super death benefits, and total and permanent disability insurance inside super works.

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... interest stemmed from an early age. Kennedy was inspired to study art history at university while working casually at an insurance company in her native Scotland. What was originally intended as summer work suddenly prompted a life-changing career decision ...

New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... existing life insurers is the clear regulatory and technological clean air in front of it. He pointed out the "big life insurance institutions," would be preoccupied remediating customers and making significant system upgrades, while Integrity would ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
New research from Zurich quantifies the amount consumers will pay for life insurance advice, but also reinforces the fact the majority are unwilling to be out of pocket. The Risk Advice Disconnect whitepaper revealed a minimal number (8%) of consumers ...

Government consults on super legislation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... or rolled over, resulting in a nil debit. He said the amendments would also ensure death benefits that include life insurance proceeds are not subject to tax when rolled over to a new super fund. Alongside the legislative amendments the Government has ...