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Increased local, international demand drives practice valuations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... recorded the lowest increase in valuation, growing from 2.3x-3.0x to 2.5x-3.2x in the 12 months to June 2025. In risk insurance, clients under 55 are valued at 2.5x to 3.2x, and 2.1x-2.8x for those aged between 55 and 60. However, books of risk clients ...

Ascalon hires from SCM, Zenith and GQG

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... professional services firm. Before his 10 years with SCM, he served as head of strategic accounts and IFAs at NAB Wealth and insurance lead at MLC. He also worked at Colonial First State as head of platform distribution. Hawke, who will now oversee portfolio ...

ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... FSGA must remain a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and maintain professional indemnity insurance until 4 June 2026.

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... eligible for other types of cover, paying benefits of $100-$300 per day for income protection and up to $150,000 for life insurance, TAL said. It will be offered directly to consumers through a range of organisations across the health and banking sectors ...

TAL scores new super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
TAL has won another group insurance mandate, replacing Zurich Australia. The insurance cover for Virgin Money Super members will now be provided by TAL. The fund, which is part of the Mercer Super Trust, said it regularly reviews its insurance arrangements ...

BlackRock names new insto lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... working with a diverse range of clients including industry funds, government entities, corporate funds, charities, and insurance companies. Meanwhile, BlackRock's overall operations in Australia will continue to be overseen by country head Jason ...

Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... estate debt strategy. CPP Investments has contributed $300 million through CPPIB Credit Investments, joining Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and Temasek. The strategy focuses on the industrial, logistics and residential ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
GESB is making a range of changes to its group insurance offering, reducing some premium rates and implementing premium waivers for some members. From July 1, certain types of insurance will see premium reductions; GESB offers death, TPD and salary ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... actuarial profession, Trowbridge founded consulting firm Trowbridge Consulting and spearheaded the review into retail life insurance advice released in 2015. He was an executive member of APRA and the Financial Reporting Council. Thorpe was AXA's ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
ASIC and APRA commenced a joint review in 2022 over concerns that life insurance premium increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. ...