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CBA profit tops $9 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... increase to $286 million. Announcing the banks 2015 results today, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev said insurance income decreased 3% during the year due to an unusually large number of weather event claims in New South Wales and Queensland. ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... funds under advice and recently acquired private wealth firm Martin Goodrich & Associates. It also announced that life insurance policies recommended through its Centric Wealth and Financial Index Wealth Accountants subsidiaries will be commission-fr ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Poor digital experience set to hurt revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... grocery retail industry is the leading performer, but still had more unsatisfied consumers than happy ones. Banking and insurance were the next best performers, with telecommunications and utilities scoring lowest. "In today's digital world, the consumer ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... was still confident the reforms would pass the Senate. Frydenberg also addressed issues about foreign investment, life insurance, professional standards, and the ongoing role of ASIC.

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... consumers would accept genetic testing for detecting life-threatening conditions as part of their risk assessments for life insurance, research found. A recent survey of 134 insurance employees and their personal contacts by global life reinsurance service ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus will move its group life insurance to TAL Life in November, ending its previous partnership with Hannover Life Re of Australasia. The move will deliver no premium increase to members, which is a significant agreement ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... 6.5% on the previous year to $970 million. This outperformed Suncorp's expectations, especially in a climate where life insurance margins are tightening. The statement also noted that the new proposed life insurance reforms represented both a "clear ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
AdviserLogic has partnered with Rice Warner to upgrade RiskLogic, its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... only out-perform much larger peers over the medium and long term time frames, they offer some of the sharpest group insurance premium value deals in the market while also charging below market average fees. Intrust, AustSafe, Kinetic Super, AvSuper ...