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QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... income protection. Like many other insurers, QSuper's total and permanent disability cover through its in-house insurer QInsure has moved to remove 'activities of daily living' or 'home duties' from its definition of total and permanent ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Super and Putting Members' Interests First legislation. Despite this, AIA Australia recorded 27.3% growth followed by QInsure at 3.8%. BT/Westpac recorded a negative result of 96.2%. "It should be noted that individual company growth can be significantly ...

MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... going to Michael Rogers, who has worked as QSuper's general manager for insurance while it set up its own insurer QInsure. Rogers has also worked for AXA in Australia and UK, and for AMP. As MLC Life Insurance's chief life insurance officer ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
QSuper's insurance arm has upgraded its systems in an effort to streamline the claims management process. QInsure has moved from FINEOS's Claims system to the Claims SaaS edition on the Dublin-based firm's platform. The insurance claims ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... from AIA to TAL. In comparison, AIA's inflows fell 47.4% during the year, while MetLife Insurance, MLC Life Insurance, QInsure, Zurich Group and BT/Westpac Group fell 12.2%, 27.5%, 8.9%, 25.9%, and 15.8% respectively. The Rest mandate saw TAL's market ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... members who have been insured as to whether they should do the ERS as they were at risk of losing their cover," Evans said. QInsure chief executive Phil Fraser said creating awareness of the value of life insurance is the industry's obligation. "There ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... Australian Government or World Health Organisation (WHO). Now it defines pandemic illness as: An illness in respect of which QInsure, after consultation with the QSuper Board, is satisfied that a pandemic alert, advisory, notification, declaration or ...

Government fund appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... families), swelled its assets from $51 billion to $90 billion, added 55,000 members and launched its own insurance business QInsure. "He has set high standards and continued the strong focus on member outcomes," Pennisi said. Sunsuper and QSuper are ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... relationship, insurance would contribute an additional layer of complexity to the tie-up, with QSuper owning its own life insurer, QInsure. "These aside, the fact these funds are even considering a merger shows that the race is on. It's as if funds want ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... QSuper became the first not-for-profit fund to move all its insurance under a wholly-owned company, the newly established QInsure. 7. New standards for member engagement Sunsuper, AMP and QSuper are setting a new standard for superannuation member engagement ...