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AIA appoints head of strategic partnerships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... head of group life consulting services at IFS Insurance Services. She has also worked as a product manager at AXA/National Mutual. In her new role at AIA, Hancox will be a part of the group distribution team. AIA said it has recently done a strategic ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... has received just 24 responses. Of those, just one has agreed to what the union is specifically asking for; Australian Mutual Bank is providing employees with two days of paid leave when they receive a vaccine, allowing one day off for each shot. The ...

Court orders new group definition in CBA advice class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... Financial Wisdom recommended their clients take out life insurance policies through former CBA subsidiary Commonwealth Mutual Life Assurance (now owned by AIA), when cheaper premiums for similar policies were available. The group wants to be paid the ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Australia's largest mutual bank has launched a digital bank to meet the needs of essential workers and appointed a chief digital bank officer. Hiver has been created for essential workers in education, emergency services and healthcare sectors and combines ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... to 70. The definition of TPD will be broadened. After a 2020 open market tender, ESSSuper elected to reappoint Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, formerly known as CommInsure, as its group insurer until 30 June 2023. AIA's acquisition of CommInsure ...

Magellan launches FuturePay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... in cash and is a discretionary trust with FuturePay as the beneficiary and a Magellan entity as trustee. "It acts like a mutual fund as there is an upfront contribution on investment and has ongoing contributions from investment outperformance," Cairns ...

Australian Unity to acquire aged care facility provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Royal Commission. Australian Unity intends to finance the acquisition via its issue of the $120 million Australian Unity Mutual Capital Instruments in December 2020.

Boutique hires from Deloitte

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... consultant in Deloitte's investment wealth and advisory practice. He was previously an analyst at Victor Smorgon Group, Mutual Trust, Zenith Investment Partners and Jeena. Miller also spent time as head of research at the Centre for Institutional Investors ...

Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Addressing the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, the Prince of Wales has asked Australia's super funds to get involved in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Prince used his appearance to discuss the latest work from his Sustainable ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Mutual life insurer PPS Mutual has launched a timesaving underwriting offer for existing members to add cover to their policy. Members who have a current income protection policy with PPS Mutual can now apply to add or increase life, total and permanent ...