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Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... the previous three-month period: mining (+3.4% in the September quarter from +5.2% in the June quarter); financial and insurance services (+1.3% from +12.1%). Companies that improved their profitability include: electricity, gas, water and waste services ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... with exposure to the U.S. and the wider global environment, characterising it as "robust". He called out the general insurance sector as an area of the market the firm looks favourably upon for the upcoming year. "An environment dominated by risks calls ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... and act on financial advice from the firm. This advice typically recommended switching superannuation providers and insurance products, according to ASIC. "When consumers implemented the advice, significant advice fees were paid to Financial Circle directly ...

MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
MLC Life Insurance announced major changes to its innovation and transformation teams with three senior hires and a restructure of its executive lineup. In a bid to ramp up its technology transformation, the life insurer made three new appointments ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... breach was identified as part of data segregation work undertaken by the bank in preparation for the sale of its life insurance business to AIA. As such, a review was commenced in August 2018. CBA said a review of files to ensure no unauthorised access ...

SuperConcepts chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... 2014. She joined from Suncorp after seven years, working in a number of senior roles across personal and commercial insurance. Prior to Suncorp, she held financial services roles including head of corporate planning and analysis at Citigroup, senior ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... during this time were overturned or set aside by the administrative appeals tribunals - including the directors of HIH Insurance, the company that triggered the last Royal Commission in the industry. "We were subject to some criticism about the way we ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... income and expand the scope of their advice to combat pressures put upon them by regulatory reforms such as the Life Insurance Framework. "This is doubly important because it's only a matter of time before there are renewed calls to ban insurance ...

TAL launches health insurance products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
TAL launched an adviser-focused health insurance offering by way of an expanded strategic partnership with nib. Financial advisers will be able to refer clients to a TAL health insurance team at nib, receiving a 5% discount on cover. The new offering ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Since launching in mid-2018, life insurance start-up NEOS Life is making strides with the launch of a new product and expedited its underwriting decision times. NEOS managing director Brett Yardley said that most underwriting decisions finalised in ...