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AIOFP partners with fintech firm to offer white-labelled digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... targets client segments priced out of receiving comprehensive advice, including non-advised clients with low balances, insurance-only clients, and millennials. In a statement, the fintech said its solution will allow for AIOFP member AFSLs to offer a ...

TAL takes 15% stake in Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has sold its entire 15.1% stake in Challenger to TAL. TAL, together with its parent company Dai-ichi Life Holdings, acquired the minority interest at $8.46 per share - marking a 53% premium to Challenger's closing ...

Count acquires Adelaide advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... business. Johnston Grocke was established in 1990 with Doug Johnston and director John Grocke, with a focus on life insurance. They have expanded the capabilities into financial planning and accounting as the business grew. Their services also include ...

Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... from head of savings and investments, having held that position for four years. Chen - who has worked with the global insurance giant for nearly six years - will lead an investment team that manages over $7 billion in balance sheet assets across fixed ...

EQT closes flagship infra fund at $37bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... contributed by a slew of institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and insurance companies across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Nordics - with the private wealth segment representing ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... last year, iExtend has further cemented its place in the financial services industry as a provider of choice to life insurance policyholders who have decided to either cancel or reduce their cover and have experienced a health change," Sarkis said. "We ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... access to Rainmaker MarketPro to access data and reports as part of Rainmaker's wider research report library. Life insurance, retirement solutions and managed funds data sets are also available on the terminal. "Plan For Life's research has ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... Standard, including a case where Rest was accused of showing "zero compassion" to a family struggling to facilitate an insurance payout for a terminally ill loved one with weeks to live. "At the heart of this issue is leadership that doesn't have a grip ...

Queensland adviser banned for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... November 2023 and 24 March 2025. ASIC's review found that Thomson failed to prioritise his client's interests and provided insurance advice that included recommended levels of cover that incorporated mortgages which his clients had not yet obtained while ...