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Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... research in this crucial area of performance measurement and remuneration." The research was supported by Deloitte, the Insurance Council of Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, and FINSIA.

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... "Australian banks have very high payout ratios, and profits are under pressure, so there is little scope for higher dividends. Insurance payouts were also flat," according to the latest Global Dividend Index from Janus Henderson. The weakening Aussie ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... Booming sector The report found AI technologies have ticked up at financial services companies in the last two years, and insurance is leading the move. The study reported the areas where companies were using AI technologies. More than half (52%) expect ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... in portfolios." As time went on, Stack says fixed income AUM grew and different investors such as pension funds and insurance companies gravitated toward ETFs to help manage capital falls and liquidity needs. Putnins says investors are finally waking ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... deploys this money. Its four existing funds are now closed, with about 65 institutional investors across pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. In Australia, SUSI Partners has partnered with Melbourne-based AFM investors in Australia ...

Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Amending the Protecting Your Super reforms, the Federal Government has made an exception to the opt-in life insurance changes to ensure coverage for Australians working in dangerous occupations. Addressing delegates at the 2018 ASFA Conference, Assistant ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Super measures introduced to Parliament yesterday, Easson also reaffirmed ASFA's stance on removing automatic life insurance in super for young and low-income Australians. "I can assure you that ASFA is opposed to wiping out cover for vulnerable ...

Zurich partners for future of work and insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... people must be rethought in the context of the changing nature of work in the 21st century, including existing life insurance models and products have been designed with traditional career paths in mind or for specific life stages. "There has been an ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Industry stalwart Pauline Vamos is set to become chair of an ASX-listed insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished ...

FSC revamps life insurer code

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
The Financial Services Council has released a new draft life insurance code of practice that makes 30 changes to the code in place since 2017. The second iteration of the code aims to lift the standards in product design, sales, underwriting, customer ...