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UBS appoints new sector heads for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... at Credit Suisse for the last 10 years, covering diversified financials. Prior to this, he spent a decade working for insurers QBE and Swiss Reinsurance. He is also an associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. "Together with Shreyas Patel ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... an opportunity for faster transformation and adoption of new ways of working," it said. After working with advisers, insurers and wealth managers across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Tamir said the successful advisers of the future ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... Townsend said. Funds SA is a public sector fund that manages more than $30 billion for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers and endowment funds. Last year it hired Cameron Sinclair from Future Fund as the director of growth alternatives. Funds ...

Hostplus ups income protection premiums by 73%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... outcome for the fund's 1.2 million members and has been secured at a time when a number of other funds and their insurers have had to increase insurance premiums or are likely to do so in the near future.

Dividend cuts not as bad as expected

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... many companies paying higher dividends than expected," Price said. The prudential regulator in April asked banks and insurers to consider deferring dividend decisions until COVID-19's impact was clearer. At July end, it relaxed dividend payout expectation ...

Front loaded discounts lead to worse outcomes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... policies are more likely to lapse due clients wanting to continually switch to a lower first year premium. "In 2019, life insurers lost $1.3bn, lapse rates for traditional life insurers remained stubbornly high at about 17% and policyholders have had ...

Wealthy Aussies panic buy life insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... in the life insurance industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. "This is a worrying statistic - the reputation of insurers has taken a battering amidst COVID-19 and HNW investors will be more likely to buy insurance products via a third party they ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Slater and Gordon has criticised life insurers for proposing to dictate who can and can't access mental health treatment through their funding programs. Calls from the life insurance industry for regulatory freedom to allow life companies to be ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... and reduce technology risk, the FSC said. It also recommended the government remove regulatory barriers to enable life insurers to offer target rehabilitation payments and early intervention practices. Current legislative requirements prevent life insurers ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical ...