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Clime shakes up board again

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... supervision with the appointment of external specialists." "These efforts have resulted in substantial cost reductions in insurance premiums, IT expenses, and systems," he said.

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... experience in these areas and their market leading expertise in retirement offering design, modelling, investment and insurance solutions, member support and engagement, means they are well placed to help us develop solutions that will help our members ...

Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... largely driven by an 18% surge in ticketing services thanks to the AFL and NRL grand finals. Spending on education and insurance also rose, each up by 0.7%. Utilities spending was unexpectedly up 1.3%, which reflected the impact of rising local council ...

TAL changes underwriting limits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... limits that reduces medical test requirements for new life, total and permanent disability (TPD), and income protection insurance applications. For life and TPD, customers aged 49 and younger can apply for up to $2 million in cover without mandatory ...

New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
The firm aims to navigate Australian companies through the complex landscape of investor expectations and corporate governance, it said. Founded by Marc Stanghieri, the former head of mergers and acquisitions at Morrow Sodali, PGS Advisers plans to ...

AustralianSuper updates deceased members' investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... investment option(s) you held before you died," the super fund told members. "There is no change to the way death cover insurance proceeds are invested. If you have death insurance cover, any insurance proceeds will be invested in the Cash investment ...

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Greene Financial won $2000 grants to attend FAAA Congress. The ReCALIbrate program helps foster diversity across the life insurance industry to ensure it is representative of the community it serves and that it provides opportunities for more women to ...

AFCA consults on revised superannuation death benefits

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... misunderstandings when processing such complaints. This follows on from another consultation on superannuation life insurance disputes opened earlier last month. AFCA encourages stakeholders to review the revised approach document on super death benefits ...

ISG ordered to wind up managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... financial reporting lodgement obligations for itself and the schemes, and did not have required professional indemnity insurance coverage in place between 14 July 2020 and 21 June 2021. The licence suspension was revoked on 6 February 2023, when ISG ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
The $3 billion industry superannuation fund has transitioned its group insurance arrangements to TAL. It marks the end of a five-year mandate with AIA, which took over as the fund's group life insurer in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September ...