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TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... now was for a new illness, the GP noted. On receiving the claim request, TAL went on what senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr called a "fishing expedition". The nurse was asked to produce a large number of documents including her tax records, GP's medical ...

CommInsure misled FOS: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... withholding medical information and delaying the process, the Royal Commission heard yesterday afternoon. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr turned her focus to CBA's life insurance subsidiaries CommInsure and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (CMLA), with ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin, who took the witness stand this afternoon. Martin told counsel assisting Rowena Orr that ClearView "got [it] wrong" and "made a mistake" because it simply didn't understand it was breaching anti-hawking ...

Life insurers admit to misconduct: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... below community standards and expectations. Opening the sixth round of Royal Commission hearings, counsel assisting Rowena Orr laid bare instances of misconduct as revealed in submissions made to the Commission. In its three submissions to the Commission ...

Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... face in engaging with the superannuation system. Introducing the topic of this morning's hearing, counsel assisting Rowena Orr outlined the systemic issues indigenous Australians face with Australia's superannuation system, including reduced lower retirement ...

Super under microscope at Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... issues; and regulator effectiveness. At the most recent Royal Commission public hearings, Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the fifth round will focus on the broader superannuation industry; the difficulties indigenous people face when it comes ...

Super funds countdown to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... Strait Islander people and financial services providers, wrapped up in Darwin last Friday. Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said in her closing remarks that the next round will focus on the broader superannuation industry, but will delve further into ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... decided to cancel the policy, she said Let's Insure was relentless with the phone calls. Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr asked: "And in your statement you say that sometimes they called you day after day and sometimes once a week?" "Well, they ...

Vertical integration needs overhaul: Poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... came in a close second (32%). Flaws in vertically integrated models were a key takeaway as Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr wrapped up the Royal Commission's grilling of advice industry giants on April 30. Orr argued that planners working from approved ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... of it, especially for financial planning." ASIC was recently asked about its resourcing by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr during the Royal Commission. The regulator's senior executive leader - financial advisers, Louise Macaulay, was asked about ...