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Harder for insurers to dodge claims

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 At the round six hearings of the Royal Commission, it was revealed that CommInsure used outdated medical definitions in denying a customer's heart attack claim and did not co-operate with the Financial Services Ombudsman ...

SuperConcepts names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... she will now commence a new role in the insurance industry on February 28. Fenech has been appointed chief executive of medical indemnity and deputy group chief executive at Avant Mutual, a medical indemnity insurance provider, SuperConcepts confirmed. ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... charitable foundations and organisations such as The Wayside Chapel, Sydney Swans Foundation and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Acknowledged for his service to financial services, McMurtrie is a former chief executive of UBS Australia and ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... years and over consumed more than two standard alcoholic drinks per day on average, exceeding the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines. This is a continued decline from 17.4% in 2014-15 and 19.5% in 2011-12. Further, the ABS highlights ...

FSC extends life code consultation deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... health; separating consumer credit Insurance from credit product sales; improving the sale of funeral insurance and banning medical disclosure checking without reasonable grounds. The sixth round of the Royal Commission in September 2018 exposed significant ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... it misled the Financial Ombudsman Service that was helping resolve a claimant's dispute by deliberately withholding medical information and delaying the process. CommInsure and the executive general manager of its subsidiary Colonial Mutual Life ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... proportion for vitro fertilisation or IVF treatment. In the period between July and September 2016, about 56% of approved medical ground applications were for bariatric surgery (1857 applications) and 7% for IVF treatment (239 applications).

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... allocation to agribusiness within the next five years. He said the significant growth in private equity, especially in medical research and sciences will be led by industry funds.

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... Commonwealth Bank confirmed it is undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... could not previously access the asset class, the report said. This has been in the form of "alternative property" such as medical, healthcare, storage, business parks and retirement villages. About 60% of Australian super funds are involved in joint ...