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Showing 11 - 20 of 33 results for "Insurance Council of Australia"

FSC responds to direct life insurance findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... the insurance industry, calling the Financial Services Council, Code Governance Committee, and Insurance Council of Australia to take the witness stand.

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... the insurance industry, calling the Financial Services Council, Code Governance Committee, and Insurance Council of Australia to appear before counsel assisting. The sixth round of hearings will begin on Monday, September 10, with evidence to also be ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... under management in the 100 largest superannuation funds. The legal opinion follows a speech to the Insurance Council of Australia in February 2017 by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) executive board member Geoff Summerhayes, in which ...

Super insurance must be standardised: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... out of insurance covers. In addition to financial literacy sources such ASIC's MoneySmart and the Insurance Council of Australia's Understand Insurance websites, the ISWG suggested the establishment of a standalone member education website helping them ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum in Sydney last week was received positively by industry associations. The Australian Council of Superannuation ...

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... industry organisations and the private sector. He was national government relations manager with the Insurance Council of Australia from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as a senior adviser to ministers in the NSW and Victorian governments before moving ...

Tax reform cannot be deferred any longer: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... individuals with broken work patterns are able to make sufficient contributions. In other tax news the Insurance Council of Australia welcomed the ACT government's commitment to reduce "unfair taxes on insurance policies" by dropping insurance stamp ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... releases their half year results. Aristocrat Leisure hold its annual general meeting. Meanwhile, the Insurance Council of Australia's 2015 regulatory update seminar is on in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Thursday fell from its seven-year high after ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due out, while the Insurance Council of Australia is slated to hold a regulatory update with a panel discussion featuring APRA member Ian Laughlin and IAG direct insurance chief ...

ICA Board appoints Zurich CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has appointed Daniel Fogarty CEO for Zurich General Insurance in Australia to its board. "I am delighted to accept this position", Fogarty said. "The ICA is essential to the continuing development of a strong ...