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AAT overrides adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... representative of the Australian Warranty Network, which holds an Australian credit licence and provides extended warranty insurance for vehicles and asset protection. The banning came after ASIC and the Queensland Police collaborated in a joint agency ...

Advisers granted stat dec authorisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... play in helping your clients. You are no longer restricted when it comes to witnessing clients' financial planning, insurance, superannuation, financial product and other documents." The legislation will be tabled in Parliament this week and is subject ...

Choice members worse off in retirement: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... Scheerlinck said the findings were timely given the "damning evidence" that came out of the Royal Commission into banks and insurance super funds. "The time has come for every Australian to carefully examine their super and consider the long-term benefits ...

Natixis consolidates, appoints executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... joins Natixis from Gottex Fund management where he was the managing director, multi-asset solutions. He was also HSBC Insurance's group chief investment officer, where he managed USD $120 billion across 22 countries. Hughes will join Natixis in December ...

AMP defaulted members as smokers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... super fund but remaining with the super fund provider and moved to a different product. If the member has default life insurance cover, premiums charged would consequently change. Members fall into one of the following categories: non-smoker, delinked ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
TAL went to great lengths to get out of paying insurance claims to a nurse which involved hiring a private investigator who followed her around the country, the Royal Commission heard today. Newly-appointed TAL general manager of claims Loraine van ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Sweden's Fjarde AP-Fonden ranking first with a AAA-rating. The Netherlands' ABP; Finland's Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked ...

New accounting standards put pressure on life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Australian companies. It gauged the firms' level of preparedness for International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (Insurance Contracts) and International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (Financial Instruments). From the 1 January 2021 reporting period ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr turned her focus to CBA's life insurance subsidiaries CommInsure and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (CMLA), with executive general manager Helen Troup representing ...

Former MLC executive joins Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... non-executive director to both the Challenger and Challenger Life Company boards. West is a former executive general manager of insurance at MLC and NAB Wealth and brings more than 30 years' in financial services experience. He has also previously served ...