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Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
Group insurance remains cost effective and beneficial for members, but there's significant disparity among premium rates and the level of cover superannuation funds are offering, latest Rainmaker research reveals. The study of 15,000 insurance deals ...

ABA appoints deputy chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... bring a wealth of experience to the role. With more than 25 years' experience in banking, wealth management and life insurance he is well qualified to perform this important leadership and advocacy role on behalf of the industry," ABA chairman Shayne ...

AstuteWheel speeds up risk advice timeframe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... planning software provider AstuteWheel launched its latest tool which slashes the risk advice process to one hour. Astute Insurance Planner was created in partnership with an OmniLife app and YTML to integrate different systems and help financial advisers ...

Former NAB, AMP adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... without disclosing in the SoA that the new fund was more expensive than their existing arrangement or that the new fund's insurance did not cover the clients' pre-existing health condition. Cowper has the right to seek a review of ASIC's decision by ...

Unintended consequences for opt-in insurance: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Group life insurance premiums are set to rise if the Federal Government implements proposed changes to default insurance in superannuation, according to KPMG. The firm's latest research forecasts a 50% reduction in group life insurance cover as a result ...

ASIC takes civil action against AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... higher commissions than normal by advising clients to cancel their existing life, TPD, trauma and income protection insurance policies. By advising clients to take out new replacement policies instead, planners earned higher commissions. The regulator ...

Wealth fintech partners with Milliman

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... with BT Panorama. Ignition Wealth operates as software as a service (SaaS). The funds are held by clients like banks, insurance companies, and superannuation funds. Ignition doesn't hold any funds. The company says it currently reaches 4.3 million Australian ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters senior management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Sydney office, Jeffers appointment is designed to help the firm's domestic and international clients with access to insurance capacity and capital.

Macquarie shuffles infrastructure debt leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Dresdner Kleinwort. Humphrey joined the MIDIS team in 2013, bringing extensive experience working with pension funds and insurance companies across a range of disciplines as a former actuary. "Kit and I are very excited to be taking on the positions ...

New model boosts adviser engagement: MLC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
Since changing its retail advice support model, MLC Life Insurance has recorded a 25% improvement in lapse rates in the year to May 2018. MLC Life introduced business engagement managers (BEM) a year ago to provide advisers with the resources to engage ...