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HESTA hikes default insurance cover

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... insurance fee that members pay. "For many of our members, the cover they have through their super may be the only personal insurance cover they have," the spokesperson said. HESTA's group insurance is provided by AIA Australia. TPD, which is not ...

AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
AMP is facing a fresh class action, as Shine Lawyers confirms it is investigating whether the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. Shine Lawyers alleges the beleaguered firm failed ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... Alliance's Professional Investment Services from 2003 to 2012. ClearView also began reviewing its advisers' personal insurance advice to determine if there was a systemic issue, it engaged Deloitte to provide independent oversight. The review ...

Boutique AFSL acquires advice practice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... team-based approach. "Although we've been wealth focused, we're also big believers in the importance of personal insurance to clients," Abood said. "This transaction will bring our business greater scale in this area, as well as a specialist ...

Former Westpac adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... consideration when he advised them to switch their superannuation to a product issued by BT and to also take out personal insurance. He also recommended BT insurance and super products to all his clients without investigating their existing products. ...

ME Bank adds new chair, directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... technology, banking and insurance industries. He was previously chief executive of One Big Switch, FiftyUp Club and Personal Insurance and chief information officer at Insurance Australia Group. Before that, held multiple roles at Westpac including as ...

MetLife names chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... held senior leadership roles at Suncorp spanning 11 years, the most recent being executive general manager of personal insurance distribution.

Former Suncorp executive joins MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... held senior leadership roles at Suncorp spanning 11 years, the most recent being executive general manager of personal insurance distribution. For seven years he led the direct distribution, administration and servicing business. He helped build Suncorp's ...

Cardena Private Wealth adds life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... manager and advisory firm has signed onto MBS Insurance's life insurance offering, after 12 months of using its personal insurance consultancy for clients. Risk consultancy MBS will now advise Cardena's client base of high-net-worth individuals and business ...

Advice firm enters insurance market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... insurance is truly working in their best interest." The opportunity to offer new and existing clients with personal insurance that is aligned to their needs, without the worry of commission is an important, progressive step for Hewison, and the financial ...