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FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation. The FSC's new standard replaces existing voluntary guidance and sets a minimum level of service that consumers can ...

TAL launches Professional Year platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... news comes after TAL's backing of The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), which now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australia.

CALI backed by industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... industry with 19 life insurers and reinsurers joining its membership. CALI's membership now represents 99% of the life insurance industry and 100% of the reinsurance industry in Australia. Members include AIA Australia, ClearView, Hannover Re, Integrity ...

FSC adds to Life Insurance Code of Practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Several new consumer protections will be added to the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s Life Insurance Code of Practice, including the industry's first guidelines on family and domestic violence, as well as new protections in the genetics moratorium. ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC), the introduction of a scalable advice model for life insurance would see more than a million Australians have the life insurance cover they need. Research by NMG Consulting found that if ...

IFM Investors adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... sits on the boards of the Climate Governance Initiative, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, and QBE Insurance. She is also a member of ASIC's corporate governance consultative committee. During her executive career, Long was chief executive ...

CALI names chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... director Damien Mu along with TAL group chief executive and managing director Brett Clark are co-chairs of the life insurance peak body. They said naming the new chief executive is another important step forward. "Christine's appointment is a significant ...

CALI progressing well: Mu

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
The Council of Australian Life Insurance (CALI) has said a full board will be announced soon, with appointments already made. AIA Australia chief executive and managing director Damien Mu provided an update at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... collective goal should be a compensation scheme that is rarely required as adequate capital levels and professional indemnity insurance obligations for financial advisers result in minimal unpaid AFCA determinations," he said. Meanwhile, the government ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... average HESTA member per industry, assumed current balance, recent SG activity and other contribution activity, and insurance premiums. HESTA said, for someone working in aged care, introducing the measure could increase their retirement balance by 1.2% ...