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Industry fund increases life insurance engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... differentiator in its recent appointment by Vision Super as group insurer. "It's basically bringing the member, the life insurer, the trustee and the administration function together. Members can access greater understanding of their life insurance as ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Financial Services Council supports negotiations between Australia and the Council of the European Union to flesh out a free trade agreement. The FTA will widen the door for Australian funds to access Europe's sophisticated funds management ...

Life insurers should fund medical rehabilitation: MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
There is division over whether or not private life insurers should be able to fund medical treatments for rehabilitating customers - the subject of a current Parliamentary Joint Committee - with giants like MLC Insurance and AustralianSuper batting ...

MLC Life enhances mental health offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
The life insurer will extend its Best Doctors offering to allow customers access to a mental health service designed to provide a second medical opinion for diagnosis and treatment plans. The new service, Mental Health Navigator, will connect customers ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... with its newly launched mental health initiatives, including innovative and preventative programs aiming for the life insurer to play a more active role in the space. According to ANZ Wealth head of mental health and wellness, life insurance, Maria Falas ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... insurance business for $2.85 billion to Zurich in a move that will make the purchaser Australia's largest retail life insurer. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance commission from Zurich. At the time, ANZ said ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
An overwhelming number of people who work in life insurance believe the industry needs government backing so it can properly regulate. In a survey conducted by DST Systems, a large number of respondents (85%) want to engage with ASIC to strengthen the ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
After the 18-month window for a Japanese life insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
The life insurance industry is failing to prove it can self-regulate via its two "deficient" codes, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code ...