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Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... products according to consumer advocacy group CHOICE. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Life Insurance Industry in Sydney and Melbourne, CHOICE told the panel that consumers could retire with an extra $25,000 by consolidating ...

Minto joins EQT board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... in 2011. He is also a non-executive director of the AFG Australian Finance Group, director of the National Disability Insurance Agency, and was formerly chair of ASFA and of the Trustee Corporation of New Zealand. "Jim's addition to our Board adds extensive ...

Centrepoint growing wealth business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... growing salaried advice business and healthy fund flows into managed accounts solution, the company said. The sale of its insurance premium funding business for $21.4 million to Bank of Queensland recorded a $4.5 million gain, further boosting its bottom ...

BT Panorama adds super and insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Investors in BT Financial Group's Panorama platform will now be able to integrate their superannuation and life insurance arrangements. Advisers using BT Panorama can now seamlessly move clients from accumulation to pension phase; track contributions ...

Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... said. Looking ahead, KMPG has signaled the continuation of strong growth in insurtech, which they see playing out as the insurance industry plays catch-up with the innovations seen in the banking industry.

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Melbourne based insurance broker, Anthony Doring, has been permanently banned from providing financial services. Following an ASIC hearing the regulator found that Doring, manager of Phil Doring Insurance Brokers (PDIB) deliberately engaged in dishonest ...

Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum in Sydney last week was received positively by industry associations. The Australian Council ...

TAL and Qantas partner for life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
TAL and Qantas have entered an exclusive partnership, unveiling a new range of life insurance products. Members of Qantas' Frequent Flyer program can now access Qantas Assure Life Protect products, comprising life insurance, TPD, critical illness and ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... time when it's critical that we as an industry educate as many Australians as possible about the important role of life insurance, and do all we can to ensure as many Australians as possible are properly protected," Brooks said. The appointments come ...