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CommInsure nabs Asteron head of underwriting

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
CommInsure has appointed Asteron Life's executive manager of risk assessment to head the Commonwealth Bank's insurance business retail advice underwriting team. John Kraszula will join the CommInsure retail advice leadership team on August 25, a Commonwealth ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... preservation ages should be aligned with life expectancy, the assets test and access to the Age Pension, the role of life insurance in decreasing the welfare burden, and whether or not 12% will be enough to provide for growing life expectancies. "The ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Life insurance isn't yet seen as part of the national public policy framework for solving Australia's disability and healthcare challenges but maybe it should be. That was the question posed by FSC chief economist James Bond to a panel of insurance ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The struggling life insurance industry should focus on developing simpler products if it wants to avoid a repeat of its recent woes, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Ian Laughlin. While acknowledging the industry ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Former minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has branded as "utterly unsustainable" the rule allowing Australian retirees to withdraw their superannuation as a lump sum. Speaking in the opening session of the Financial Services Council conference ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The future of the life insurance industry depends on the deeper understanding and implementation of the biopsychosocial model, life company executives have heard. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) annual conference, Robin Chase of the ...

FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... for the alleviation of public sector fiscal pressures related to health, aged care and disability via private sector insurance and super options. He also expects the FSI to ask for additional advice disclosure and licensing measures beyond FoFA including ...

NGS launches income-focused retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... out, especially as life expectancy in Australia continues to increase. Instead of opting to buy annuities or longevity insurance, the Income Generator focuses on deriving income from investment earnings. It has an asset allocation of 30% Australian equities ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... earnings. Australian stocks had followed the trend, but could get a lift from expected positive Chinese private mortgage insurance data, IG dealer Chris Weston said. "If we get some good numbers out of China.... then perhaps the sector that's been really ...

Vision Super appoints first independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... financial planning business. She is currently a director of Templeton Global Growth Fund Limited and Catholic Church Insurance Limited. On the wider question of whether the government will mandate the third independent trustees rule, Rowe was circumspect ...