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Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... rehabilitation assistance regardless of whether the policyholder's injury is related to work, and if so, workers compensation schemes may apply. Maurice Blackburn countered this proposal in its submission, stating it would inadvertently set up two ...

NAB still unclear on true impact of misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... number of adviser service fees that haven't been yet informed however we expect to have a significant amount of compensation on those customers paid by Christmas," Thorburn said. Is the bank compensating for non-financial impacts? Keogh said the ...

ANZ compensation bill hits earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... expense. The total remediation charge is split approximately 66%/34% between continuing and discontinued operations. The compensation bill includes issues that arose from bad financial advice or for services not provided within ANZ's former aligned ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... payments CBA makes to schools, saying they are based on the number of participating students, and only ever intended as compensation for the program's administration. According to CBA, Australian schools have received an average of $380 so far this year. ...

Dishonest advice fees dent Westpac earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... institution is estimating its full-year cash earnings will be reduced significantly as a result of provisions set aside for compensation and recent litigation. Westpac said it has increased provisions for customer refunds where certain advice fees were ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... the findings are a "sad indictment on the financial services industry." Many of the breach reporting and consumers compensation delays were due to financial institutions' inadequate systems, procedures and governance processes, as well as a lack of a ...

IOOF offloads corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... AET private trust business, which IOOF is retaining, provides private client trustee services, estate planning and compensation trusts. Sargon chief executive Phillip Kingston welcomed said there was a complementary fit between Sargon and AET Corporate ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... GP's medical records, psychiatrist's records, Medicare history, private health insurance claims history, workers compensation file and employee assistance program. TAL then said the nurse had breached her duty of disclosure by failing to report the six ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... unable to stop the "bad behavior." Scheerlinck added the Australian Securities and Investments Commission estimates compensation due to members will top $1 billion - based on the fees for no service issue alone. Amid the recent leadership spill and new ...

Retail super funds reject MySuper delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... Act with respect to plan service fees (PSFs) deducted from member accounts with no linked adviser. NAB/MLC's PSF compensation figure reached $87.1m, jumping from the $67.1m it originally reported in July. Former NULIS Nominees chair Nicole Smith, the ...