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Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... as superannuation disclosures. This resulted in payments to some customers with pre-existing conditions having their insurance claims denied prior to Westpac improving its disclosure practices. It is also refunding customers that were entitled to product ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... are at that same [early] stage with bitcoin," he said. This week's new poll asks: How prepared are you for the Life Insurance Framework that's less than two months away?

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
An ASX-listed mortgage broking firm has entered into a life insurance referral partnership with a TAL subsidiary. Under the new arrangement, Australian Finance Group's 2850 brokers will be able to refer life insurance to clients via TAL's Lifebroker ...

The next generation of bancassurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
One may think the continuing trend of banks offloading their insurance and wealth management businesses signals the end of the bancassurance model but there is life in it yet, according to IOOF's Renato Mota. In a recent blog post Mota said the traditional ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... position across the financial services industry including involvement in merger and acquisitions advisory, fintech, life insurance and cyber security. He currently chairs the boards of the Mitchell Institute for Heath & Education Research, Victoria University ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Code. Originally designed for consumer-facing insurance staff, the refresh aims to assist advisers in having challenging conversations ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... and reward savings. Alternatively, My AMP provides customers with a holistic view of their wealth, including super, insurance, investments and banking. Upgrades to its digital capabilities follow on from AMP's recent enhancement of its goals-based advice ...

The PI risks of goals-based advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... advisers making the switch to goals-based advice must ensure they are adequately covered with professional indemnity insurance. That was the warning heeded by delegates at the inaugural Association of Goals Based Advice conference in Sydney yesterday ...

Suncorp ditches plans for Tower acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Suncorp subsidiary Vero Insurance has abandoned its efforts to acquire Tower Limited, halting its High Court appeal against the New Zealand Commerce Commission's decision to veto the move. In a statement to the ASX this morning, Vero announced it received ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The wealth management and insurance businesses continued to squeeze the margins of the four major banks in the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance ...