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ASFA launches blueprint for post-retirement system

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... super to the self-employed and applying SG to all substantive income replacement payments including income replacement insurance, parental leave and workers compensation. Vamos launched the paper at the ASFA conference in Melbourne. In her speech, she ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Australian insurance companies rank second last for the level of trust their customers have in them, according to a new survey by EY. The global professional services company surveyed around 24,000 consumers from 30 countries. Australia recorded one ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... unpredictable. "A 100% annuity from a life insurer is one option of course, but not the only one. A collective pool could include insurance as a component of hedging risk, trustees could make investment decisions weighing up the price of insurance against ...

Asset consultants urged to get savvy on carbon risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... for the A£2.8 ($5.1 billion) fund. Currently the fund has one Australian mandate, from Local Government Super. While insurance companies are the most vulnerable to climate change risk, he said no meetings have been set up with insurance companies. Impax ...

AustralianSuper ramps up data-gathering strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... what areas of superannuation they are interested in, such as financial advice, investments, retirement options, and insurance. It then asks if there are 'any other topics you would like to see addressed through the AustralianSuper Community?' It asks ...

TAL lobbies for annuity regulation change

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Life insurer TAL has argued in favour of regulatory changes to income stream products in a detailed response to the Treasury's 'Review of retirement income stream regulation' discussion paper. TAL said that regulation "should be broadened to enable ...

Scale not what it used to be

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... are available to almost any fund regardless of its size," he said. Fund scale ceasing to have much impact on a fund's insurance offer reinforces this, noting that due to a reassessment of claims experience by group insurers it is larger funds that have ...

QSuper number one for member satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... across all key attributes, including overall value, investment performance, fees, overall customer services, overall insurance coverage, access to quality financial advisors, website and financial seminars. From an industry-wide perspective, however ...

Spring FG set to launch IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in January 2015. Spring currently provides financial planning, wealth management, insurance, superannuation and tax and accounting services. It has assets under advice in excess of $330 million, a mortgage book of ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them in line with retail premiums. This is causing some ...