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Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... important that insurers and those in the industry are held accountable to ensure that they are making the crucial improvements needed to restore trust in the sector. The hearings will be spread across Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, with the life ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... manufacturing PMI surged to a reading of 52.0 in March from a record low reading of 35.7 in the previous month due to improvements in all of the index's sub-components. The official non-manufacturing PMI recorded an even bigger jump - 52.3 in March from ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... the recovery will be short and quick and helped along by strong fiscal stimulus from around the globe. "There are improvements in testing, fall in death rates in Italy and also trials for vaccines starting to occur." But while the risk of a depression ...

APRA locks in mid-year heat map update

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... seven months since the heat map's release in December 2019 should have been enough time for trustees to make improvements to the fees they charge members, and costs to run their fund. However, the regulator concedes the same could not be expected ...

Life insurers are doing their best: FSC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Royal Commission and recent work from ASIC acknowledged that the Life Insurance Code of Practice had resulted in improvements in the industry. "In addition, FSC/KPMG data shows that life insurers decide the overwhelming majority of claims in favour of ...

Latest data reveals super admin problem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... complaints about financial advice, with just around 30 per month. "Our hope by releasing this data is that we see improvements and the industry takes action to reduce the number of complaints that end up at AFCA." Datacube was launched in November 2019 ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... previous month -- beating market consensus of 51.0 and is the fastest rate of expansion since August 2019 - due to improvements in both the service and manufacturing sectors. The ECB would surely help, if it could. But with the current policy rate at ...

Netwealth leads the platform pack

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... than ever, reflecting the intense competition and rivalry in the space. "Many platforms have introduced a host of improvements to help advisers further demonstrate their value add to clients, ranging from fee cuts to improved fee comparison tools, managed ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... insurance premiums are increasing as a result of the Protecting Your Super and Putting Members' Interests First reforms. Improvements to its policy and the number of claims paid out are also factors, the fund said. From April 1, the cost of death and ...

Old boys, girls clubs dominate boards

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... advertising and recruiting for genuine roles, thereby reducing or ceasing the box-ticking The report also named several improvements that candidates wanted to see around transparency and opening the "shop door". Lateral and more flexible thinking and ...