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Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... continue to rise. The chair also reiterated ASIC is working towards delivering an accountability benchmark for the life insurance industry as well as new supervisory frameworks for the entire financial services sector. So far he has found it disheartening ...

MLC Life enhances mental health offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... mental health service that advisers can offer to customers and their families at no cost, and they don't need to make an insurance claim to use it," she said. Mental Health Navigator advisory board member Professor Bernhard Baune said the service would ...

Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
Latest HSBC research highlights insurance is an industry ready for disruption, and envisages significant benefits related to technology-enabled solutions to financial inclusion and affordability issues. In the report HSBC outlines the various ways in ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... life insurer to play a more active role in the space. According to ANZ Wealth head of mental health and wellness, life insurance, Maria Falas, the insurance sector will continue to significantly transform over the next two years in response to the growing ...

ANZ appoints two senior executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... of Mark Hand as the group executive for Australian business and private banking. George led ANZ's $2.85 billion life insurance sale to Zurich in December and the $975 million superannuation and aligned dealer group businesses sale to IOOF in September ...

Budget means Aussies can get more from retirement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... technical services Martin Breckon highlighted how savings generated from policy changes, such as the banning of opt-out insurance for members under the age of 25, would become important later in members' lives. "Every penny you put in in the early years ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... pensioners. Most notably, the Federal Government will mandate that superannuation funds no longer have opt-out life insurance arrangements for members under 25. The Government has also stated its latest position on the Retirement Income Framework. Superannuation ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Federal Government will mandate that superannuation funds no longer have opt-out life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and those with low balances. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ANZ's first paycheck from the December sale of its life insurance arm to Zurich has arrived and the bank is considering buying back up to $1.5 billion in shares, on top of its current buyback program. The bank today updated the market that it has received ...

ASIC drags NSW adviser to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... allegedly recommended his clients set up SMSFs and invest funds in a company where he was a director; and claimed life insurance commissions from illegitimate applications, will face the Federal Court this month. ASIC has commenced proceedings against ...