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CALI takes on Life Code

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
From tomorrow, the responsibility for the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) will transition from the Financial Services Council (FSC) to the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Launched last year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective ...

Project to tackle dwindling number of risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) also launched a program which aims to entice more women into the life insurance industry. The industry body said its inaugural ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of ...

CALI launches scholarship to boost female risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has launched a program that aims to entice more women into the life insurance industry. The industry body said its inaugural ReCALIbrate program will provide $2000 in grants to support the attendance of ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... implementation of the Retirement Income Covenant shows that the work that needs to be done in the super sector is not just in the insurance space," assistant treasurer Stephen Jones told an industry event in response to the findings. "Funds should know ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... advice," FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said. "The government has also provided certainty with the continuation of life insurance commissions, whilst introducing a consent obligation that is covered through existing client approval arrangements." However ...

Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... Coca-Cola in media and public affairs. Currently, Loane is chair of Destination NSW and a non-executive director of Chubb Insurance Australia, PanKind and the Garvan Research Foundation. She is a member of the advisory board of consulting firm Orizontas ...

Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... Insurance and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). He has been both a board member and chair of the Insurance Council of Australia and the Insurance Council of New Zealand and held numerous other board directorships. He has also held ...

CALI hires policy director from FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... driving solutions for - the other area which has most concerned members is an inability to support clients with life insurance strategy and implementation," Marshan wrote on his LinkedIn page. "So when the opportunity arose to help more Australians get ...

Government introduces FAR, CSLR Bills

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... Accountability Regime (FAR) Bill 2023 aims to promote accountability and responsible behaviour among entities in the banking, insurance, and superannuation industries, as well as their directors and most senior executives. By introducing a strengthened ...

Commonwealth Super Corp hires former MTAA investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... investment officer of the merged entity. Before joining MTAA, Brown served as a prudential supervisor a the Private Health Insurance Administration Council for the three years to 2005 Earlier, he worked as an assistant manager of investments at Medibank ...