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Rising interest rates tank life insurer performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
While Australia's life insurance industry grew steadily in the last year to $17.9 billion, its profits copped a beating from rising interest rates. Plan For Life's latest research shows that inflows rose by 3.4% in the year to September 2022. TAL continues ...

FPA voices concern on proposed CSLR, FAR laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... managers of the entities resorting to the scheme. "We are also keen for the overdue review of professional indemnity insurance to be commenced. A properly functioning PI sector would substantially reduce the calls on a CSLR." The FPA also took issue ...

Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
The financial services and insurance industry ranks among the worst offenders on gender pay gap in the country and it's hurting the economy. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) found that women who work in financial services and insurance ...

TIP Group to acquire advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... is based in Adelaide with a satellite office in the Sunshine Coast and offers financial planning, mortgage broking, insurance broking, private lending and financial services licensing and compliance. Enva reported FY22 revenue of $1.8 million and net ...

Spirit Super negotiates premium drop

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... new ways to provide our members with low fees, competitive products, personalised service and affordable and flexible insurance options." A case study highlighted monetary changes members could expect with default A death and TPD cover at the age of ...

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... circumstances." "Under the strategy, clients would generally receive advice about their superannuation first, which scoped out insurance even where the client was paying their insurance premiums from their existing superannuation account. ASIC found ...

Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
A $30 billion superannuation fund chose Zurich to provide group insurance for its 250,000 members. Brighter Super members will see their insurance provider change to Zurich Financial Services Australia from 1 July 2023. Zurich replaces incumbent group ...

Reporting season may prove dramatic: UBS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... Private -15.9%. On the other hand, stocks, where analysts see consensus earnings risk to the downside, are Insurance Australia Group -4.2%, AMP 7.1%, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) -23.0% and QBE Insurance 4.0%. "Over the next week, another 30% ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... of the advice process, including data gathering, portfolio monitoring, transactions, advice generation and authoring, insurance underwriting and client education," it said.

Summerhayes named Zurich chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... entities. Nicolette Rubinsztein has also been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL), in addition to her existing directorships of other Zurich corporate entities. The appointees will join existing ...