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FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Wealth. Financial Standard revealed IOOF had consolidated the leadership of its various dealer groups. MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition This year, life insurers were found to have consistently breached their own code of conduct and the industry ...

AMP names incidents, issues lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
AMP has hired a former CommInsure risk expert to oversee the issues and breaches facing the firm. Angela Papas has started her new role at AMP Australia as head of incidents, issues and breaches. Papas spent over four and a half years at CommInsure ...

MLC Life hires wealth and partnerships lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... and managing relationships with existing partners. She previously held product and legal roles at AIA Australia and CommInsure. The other general manager appointments were: Fiona Guscott was named general manager of underwriting and operations, Angela ...

Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... expert consultant to the insurance committee at UniSuper and was previously chief financial officer and chief actuary at CommInsure. She was also chief actuary at NAB Wealth and head of insurance at KPMG earlier in her career. She inspired the establishment ...

Former CBA, MLC executive joins reinsurer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
A former CommInsure and MLC executive has returned to Australia to lead local client solutions for a global reinsurer. Martyn Gilling has been appointed head of client solutions at Pacific Life Re Australia, in a role that will see him assume responsibility ...

Dealer group restructures leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... regulatory position is yet to be filled. Ian Knight has been appointed general manager, operations. He joins Synchron from CommInsure where he was acting head of distribution. Knight has a policing background, prior to entering the financial services ...

Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... by the fires. Insurance will obviously be front of mind for many impacted by the fires. Insurers including QBE and CommInsure have said they will prioritise claims and offer emergency payments and cover accommodation costs where needed. Those impacted ...

CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... agreed as the sale experiences delays and regulatory roadblocks. The banking group today announced its divestment of CommInsure Life to AIA Group is facing an "extended period of uncertainty" as a result of pending foreign regulatory approvals. It unveiled ...

SuperFriend boosts leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... roles as part of its expansion plans. Sandy MacLeod will become general manager of insurance solutions. He joins from CommInsure where he was senior product manager for three years. Keir Paterson steps into the role of general manager of superannuation ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... recommendation to amend insurance law is enacted. At the round six hearings of the Royal Commission, it was revealed that CommInsure used outdated medical definitions in denying a customer's heart attack claim and did not co-operate with the Financial ...