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CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
CommInsure has appointed its independent claims review panel to address "complex claim assessment." The goal of the panel will be to address issues where CommInsure's claims committee recommends a "complex life insurance claim" be denied; in these instances ...

CommInsure enhances claims process

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... reassurance to existing customers, Austin explained that there will now be an "additional layer of independence" in its claims decision process. Specifically, where the claims committee recommends a denial, the matter will be passed to an independent ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... advice associations for their planners. Risk at risk Australia's group life insurance sector has experienced an increase in claims and policy lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... superannuation of 2.25 million Australians into "turmoil", the Financial Services Council (FSC) has claimed. The FSC's claims come on the back of a report it commissioned which quantified the costs on superannuants, employers and the industry itself ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... with rapid growth of superannuation assets, Australia has moved from a system dominated by banks to one where financial claims are held by both leveraged and un-leveraged institutions; relentless progress of technological applications from the digital ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Allianz launches cyber risk insurance product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Forensic, Dell SecureWorks, Incoming Thought Ltd and E-merging Technologies Group Inc to provide this market-leading level of claims support.

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... this was a blatant attempt to block Mariner's bid," said the company in its ASX announcement. The condition that Mariner claims Austock intentionally violated, also allows Mariner to withdraw its proposed bid for Austock shares. It was reported on Monday ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... arbiter for millions of Australian workers. Option four has similarly moral hazard problems as option three no matter what claims of independence the PC tries to concoct. This leaves option two as the most likely compromise, which, ironically, is very ...

Super tribunal needs members to solve disputes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... year and must sometimes arbitrate on complaints over the payment of benefits when someone dies. Often there are competing claims from three or four family members or dependants who are not happy with their portion of the death claim. Most of the complaints ...