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CommInsure wins group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... life product and distribution Craig Harrison saying the insurer is delighted to have been appointed to provide group insurance for the $548 million fund. "CommInsure is committed to providing excellent products and services while enhancing the overall ...

Product conflicts in retail banking: ABA report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... deliver significantly increased incentive payments as certain thresholds are achieved," as well as arrangements rewarding insurance cross-sales - particularly structures where incentives are denied where cross-sales targets aren't met. Sedgwick noted ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... and Tindall Asset Management Trust financial planner, Darren Tindall for dishonest conduct in relation to an online insurance application. In 2014, the FPA received a complaint concerning Tindall's conduct in late 2013, and following investigations ...

Fintechs unite for risk tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
Two fintech firms have partnered to provide financial advisers with a life insurance software solution. Advice technology firm YTML (Your Technology Made Lite) was selected by software provider Omnium to act as its platform provider, offering advisers ...

MLC reveals new executive team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance appointed six people to its bancassurance, digital and direct leadership team as part of its strategic partnership with Nippon Life. The new team comprises Tim Roso as head of digital; Glen Ryman as general manager data, analytics ...

Sydney firm sees AFSL cancelled

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
ASIC cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of Sydney based insurance company Core Insurance for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for two years. Core Insurance, which trades as Ferme, has held its AFSL since October ...

ClearView hire aligns growth plan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... former BT Financial Group senior manager Jeffery Scott as head of product. Scott will drive the development of life insurance and wealth management solutions for financial advisers, and oversee the delivery of a new online quote and application engine. ...

Veteran Suncorp executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... Reporting Standards, organising mergers between Suncorp, GIO and Promina and managing the restructure of the group's general insurance and life businesses. Before Suncorp, he spent 17 years at KPMG across banking and insurance, becoming a partner in ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... the "time was right" to restructure the group following the demerger of Clydesdale and the selling down of its life insurance business to Nippon Life. He explained: "We have had a very clear plan over the last two years and have taken the action required ...

AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... negative sentiment from government, mainstream media and consumer groups, that we need legislative change like the Life Insurance Framework and professional standards reform to provide that shift in perception," he said.