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Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... "significantly worse off." In such cases, clients had switched to new superannuation platforms resulting in inferior insurance arrangements and/or significant increases in product fees. ASIC determined that the advisers' preference for in-house products ...

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... for BGL, Topdocs and our mutual clients." BGL's extended partnership follows on from the company enhancing its life insurance solution in November via SMSF admin software Simple Fund 360 in November. BGL appointed AIA Australia as the underwriter and ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... class services and solutions to meet MetLife's needs today and as they grow," HSBC Securities Service regional head of insurance sector sales Cara Brosnan said. "Insurance is an important sector for our Securities Services business and an area where ...

Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
A group of associations representing insurance technology have co-founded a new Global InsurTech Alliance (GITA). Insurtech Australia, along with Insurtech London, Insurtech Asia and FinTechNZ are co-founders, along with future partners in Europe and ...

KPMG names insurance and wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
KPMG Australia appointed a former AXA executive to lead its specialist insurance and wealth management division. Sydney-based Tim Thomas is the lead partner of the insurance and wealth strategy advisory practice, which sits within KPMG's global strategy ...

Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... One bitcoin was equivalent to $14,464 at publication time. This week, we want to know how did you purchase your life insurance policy ?

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... want to be able to assist their customers to minimise the impacts of illness. SuperFriend is seeing a growing trend in insurance for increased activities that focus on early intervention, pre-claim supports and improving psychological claims management. ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Using the telephone was the most popular means of purchasing life insurance policies in the year to November, the latest Roy Morgan survey shows. One-quarter (24.7%) of the 7632 consumers polled in Roy Morgan's Single Source survey rang the company ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial adviser for not meeting his life insurance replacement advice obligations. ASIC found Duane Wright, owner of Brisbane-based First National Home Loans and Insurance, breached obligations ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
Australians are increasingly relying on the internet and digital devices to purchase life insurance instead of financial advisers, a new study from NobleOak shows. Almost half (43.6%) of the 1000 respondents in NobleOak and Pureprofile's 2017 life insurance ...