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Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... objectives underpinned numerous instances that resulted in poor customer outcomes, including fees for no service and outdated medical definition issues. Under his watch, Comyn told counsel assisting Rowena Orr that he will be personally accountable for ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ANZ chief of underwriting Peter Tilocca said the number of medical questions has been cut from 38 to 11. What used to take 25 minutes has been reduced to 15 minutes from start to finish. Entering ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... have enough money in retirement." "Australians tend to spend less after they retire, and even less into old age. Their medical costs increase, but are largely covered by the taxpayer. Many retirees are net savers, and current retirees often leave a legacy ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... and therefore relevant consumer protections." "While the committee has heard about such approaches being used for non-medical rehabilitation and the FSC's proposal for medical rehabilitation, the committee is concerned about how widespread this practice ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... of just 12.2%. Another is Xiamen Kingdomway, which develops, manufactures and distributes nutrition enhancers and bio-medical products, with a ROE of 18.4% and total debt to total capital of just 18.4%," he said. New dividend-focused ETF from Betashares ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... ($1,732) a year, or 1000 yuan per month. Expenses on re-education could be deducted at 3600 yuan or 4800 yuan a year. On medical costs of serious illness, the yearly expenditure spent by the patient above 15,000 yuan could be deducted, with an annual ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... said. An average of $14,500 was released per member. The majority of the funds or 71%, O'Halloran said, were used for medical treatment or transportation, which calculated to $74.6 million. O'Halloran told an Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

FPA appoints new chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... law, and the recognition of financial planners as signatories for Commonwealth statutory declarations, alongside lawyers, medical practitioners and justices of the peace, the association said. "I'm delighted to be handing over the reins to Marisa. She ...

TAL refutes duty of good faith breaches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... insurer says it did not breach its duty of utmost good faith by calling for every kind of report from a policyholder's medical practitioners. According to TAL, its general manager of claims Loraine van Eeden did not concede in cross-examination to ...

NAB, MLC face class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... cover include dependent spouses, seasonal workers, self-funded retirees, self-employed people and those with pre-existing medical conditions.