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Zurich, InterPrac, Sequoia back pro-bono advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... its life insurance advice business will work with PFAN to help Australians access personal insurance advice and insurance claims assistance. This includes evaluating claims eligibility, preparing, reviewing and lodging claims applications and ongoing ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... insurance claim due to exclusion or condition accounted for 1463, and general denial of a claim accounted for 1454. Delays in claims handling resulted in 1286 complaints, and service quality led to 1162. By state, most complaints were lodged by people ...

Adviser PI premiums up 40%: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... professional indemnity insurance increased at least 40% for financial advisers since 2015, a new report from APRA shows. Reviewing claims trends and affordability of public liability and professional indemnity insurance in Australia, the regulator found ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... behalf of up to 20,000 Australians who lost an estimated $800 million, according to ASIC data. The losses, the class action claims, were the result of IG Markets failing to adequately assess investors' objectives and financial situations, while also ...

Boutique appoints head of distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... two years. He has also previously held distribution roles with AIA Australia and BT Financial Group, and also served as a claims assessor at AXA. Innova managing director and co-chief investment officer Dan Miles said the appointment will "provide strategic ...

Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... and those with income protection will pay an additional 15.9%. The fund said it is the result of an increased number of claims lodged by members in recent years "As a result of this higher level of support, premiums will increase to ensure we can continue ...

SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... by the US regulator for running a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they targeted churchgoers, gaining their trust with claims their wealth and success was due to divine intervention. According to the SEC, between June 2018 to May 2020, Brett M. Bartlett ...

Future Super accused of greenwashing via Facebook post

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... the market, disclosure documents, marketing material and on social media. Industry using social media to promote green claims are not immune from ASIC action. "We expect the industry to be able to stand by their sustainability statements and back these ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... to commence December 4 in the defamation proceedings brought by Mawhinney against ASIC and deputy chair Sarah Court. He claims ASIC has blamed him for $211 million in losses when no loss occurred prior to ASIC acting against the group. In February, the ...

Superannuation changes limit tax benefits for top earners: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... five chance of receiving an insurance benefit through group super coverage. In 2021, over 10,000 death benefit insurance claims totalling $1.4 billion were paid, and more than 19,000 income protection claims were paid. Also, around 16,000 TPD benefit ...