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Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... responsibilities to members, while also finding their resources stretched as they deal with high volumes in their call centres. KPMG partner Damian Ryan said funds also have to be conscious of the pressure on third-party service providers, noting their ...

Long-time IOOF director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... IOOF confirmed Michelle Somerville has assumed Harvey's role as chair of the board audit committee, with the former KPMG partner a logical successor given her deep accounting knowledge, according to IOOF. "Ms Harvey has served the company and its shareholders ...

AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... that profitability in life risk insurance in Australia had dropped to the extent the industry is now loss-making. KPMG partner and head of insurance David Kells reiterated the influence of the difficult environment life insurers were operating in, and ...

GROW Super boosts executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... and improve operational efficiencies so funds had more control over the delivery of member outcomes. Gee - a former KPMG partner - was unveiled as GROW's head of strategy last May, and spoke at the time of the opportunity before GROW to shift the ...

Life risk insurance not profitable: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... $130 million loss in the first half of 2019 alone, following a $341 million loss in 2018. Pauline Blight-Johnston, KPMG partner and head of life insurance said the results were driven by the high-level of change the sector had experienced within recent ...

Mental health tops TPD claims

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... recurrent depressive episodes and 10.3% for "other anxiety disorders" which includes panic and anxiety disorders. KPMG partner in charge of actuarial and financial risk Hoa Bui noted around half of all Australians would face a mental health condition ...

GROW Super unveils admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... GROW's members in its recently acquired master fund are currently using the platform. GROW recently hired former KPMG partner and superannuation Adam Gee as head of strategy to help implement TINA. Gee was a long-serving executive at KPMG Australia ...

KPMG partner moves to GROW Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
A former KPMG partner and superannuation expert is joining GROW Super as head of strategy in May. Adam Gee will lead GROW's development strategy here and overseas, as well as implement the TINA platform, GROW's blockchain-enabled technology for superannuation ...

MLC expands customer experience efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
MLC Life Insurance appointed its first chief customer experience officer. Former KPMG partner Louise Portelli has been appointed to lead the life firm's customer experience efforts, and will link with MLC in March. Reporting to chief executive David ...

Banks must reshape to survive compliance and technology crunches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... facing the sector and suggest cost discipline will be a major focus. It means more restructures and simplifications. KPMG partner, banking strategy, Hessel Verbeek said not only have various compliance and remediation costs translated into higher cost-to-income ...