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Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... from head of savings and investments, having held that position for four years. Chen - who has worked with the global insurance giant for nearly six years - will lead an investment team that manages over $7 billion in balance sheet assets across fixed ...

EQT closes flagship infra fund at $37bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... contributed by a slew of institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and insurance companies across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Nordics - with the private wealth segment representing ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... last year, iExtend has further cemented its place in the financial services industry as a provider of choice to life insurance policyholders who have decided to either cancel or reduce their cover and have experienced a health change," Sarkis said. "We ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... access to Rainmaker MarketPro to access data and reports as part of Rainmaker's wider research report library. Life insurance, retirement solutions and managed funds data sets are also available on the terminal. "Plan For Life's research has ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... Standard, including a case where Rest was accused of showing "zero compassion" to a family struggling to facilitate an insurance payout for a terminally ill loved one with weeks to live. "At the heart of this issue is leadership that doesn't have a grip ...

Queensland adviser banned for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... November 2023 and 24 March 2025. ASIC's review found that Thomson failed to prioritise his client's interests and provided insurance advice that included recommended levels of cover that incorporated mortgages which his clients had not yet obtained while ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
There is still millions of Australians paying for default insurance cover through their superannuation that they don't know about or understand, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). SCA found that 19% of people are unsure whether they have ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... assess life insurers' progress in meeting APRA's product sustainability expectations across both individual and group insurance business." The levies for Small APRA Funds (SAFs) and Single Member Approved Deposit Funds (SMADFs) - a flat rate of $590 ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... structure, dedicated management team, and a range of specialist capabilities in aged care, estate planning and life insurance advice that are on offer will steer the business forward. "As a small business, Rob and I do a bit of everything. We run the ...