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Acenda hires from Hostplus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Sammartino to the new role of general manager of superannuation partnerships, a key role in its drive for growth in group insurance. Sammartino, who began this week, brings nearly 30 years of experience in financial services, including superannuation ...

Janus Henderson finalises strategic partnership with life insurer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Janus Henderson has commenced its strategic partnership with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), set to manage Guardian's US$45 billion ($68bn) investment grade public fixed income portfolio. The partnership was initially ...

AMP hit with multiple court filings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... proceedings relates to allegations of higher premium payments by certain members of AMP's superannuation funds for life insurance (death only cover, total and permanent disablement cover and income protection cover) during the period 2019 to 2024," ...

Banned director sentenced for running financial services firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... financial services laws. His business was offering cash to vulnerable clients in exchange for sizeable commissions from insurance policies the clients did not want or need but that he forced them to take out in order to access the cash. Those policies ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... from a resilience perspective, we've had great feedback on and great support from industry, regardless of banking, insurance or super."

ClearView welcomes underwriting head

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... definitions. Peter Tilocca has joined as the new head of underwriting, bringing over 20 years of experience in life insurance. Tilocca has led underwriting, operations and claims teams at Zurich, OnePath Life, RGA Australia, ANZ and ING. He was most ...

Bombora Advice appoints new chair, managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... said he is a seasoned financial services executive with a proven track record that has spanned two decades in advice, insurance, distribution, and strategy. "Niall was responsible for numerous functions including sales, new business, underwriting, claims ...

Super funds, banks say cybersecurity is now their biggest concern

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... respondents. Following that, geopolitical risks and their potential to magnify liquid, market, credit, investment, and insurance risks, was flagged as critical or high by 70% of respondents, while 48% said the same for operational risk. Notably, cyber ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
Australian Ethical has made changes to its insurance offering to provide Standard Default Cover members with a higher level of coverage at all ages, while also reducing fees for most age groups, while other age groups will see costs unchanged. From ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... economic uncertainty, it's important the Australians can rely on the financial and operational resilience of our banking, insurance and superannuation sectors. It's clear the entities we supervise also see the value in what we do to protect financial ...