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ClearView Wealth appoints rehabilitation manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... mentoring to claim assessors on return to work strategies and employability, and identification and management of occupational rehabilitation cases. She will report to ClearView chief claims officer Joanne Faglioni. "We're always looking for ways ...

Mercer pumps $100m into Perennial Partners strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... education, renewable energy, technology improving energy efficiency or resource use, as well as technology improving occupational health and safety outcomes. The portfolio excludes thermal coal, met coal, uranium, oil and gas, alcohol, tobacco, weapons ...

MSCI launches emissions measuring tool

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) standard. "Moving forward, Total Portfolio Footprinting will help them to measure against this ...

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... financial payments must be for income protection or total permanent disability. Moreover, this only applies to income and occupational support rather than medical support. The removal of such barriers would allow insurers to expedite treatments that ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... building unions and their members with the ACTU in the early 1980s led directly to the creation of an industry based occupational superannuation scheme for building workers and enabled the creation of a legislated universal super system in 1992 by the ...

APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... submissions. APRA wants to see life companies collecting information on changes to policyholder's circumstances, including occupational and financial circumstances and dangerous pastimes, to enhance their ability to understand and manage risks. It also ...

FSC releases two new standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... when setting up ongoing or non-ongoing fee arrangements. Separately, the FSC unveiled Standard No. 27 Removal of Occupational Exclusions and Occupation Based Restrictive Disability Definitions in Default Cover, following a consultation period. On the ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... accessible and affordable, and promoted the interests of superannuation and life insurance consumers by bringing an end to occupational exclusions in group life insurance policies," Bryant said. Loane finishes up after seven years of leading the council. ...

QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... would vary depending on age, current level of cover and employment situation. It also stated the fund was adopting occupational ratings and "for some members, choosing to be occupationally rated may reduce your premiums". Shine Lawyers said the same ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... said. Meanwhile, Super Consumers Australia welcomes the stapling measure but is calling on the government to ban occupational exclusions from default life insurance in super. "Stopping the scourge of costly duplicate accounts will ultimately lead to ...