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TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... provide life, income and illness protection through their payroll platforms via streamlined online registration with no underwriting and 100% digital claims processing. It comes as Cover Genius estimates one million Australians are underinsured for death ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... the impact they'll have financially. "We are working to integrate physical climate risk metrics into our base case underwriting to ensure that assets are priced correctly in consideration of long-term exposure," one fund said, while others are building ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... established European private equity manager relationships as a strategic capital partner for both co-investments and co-underwriting opportunities. He is also charged with developing new relationships across Europe and North America and will sit on the ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... change presents to its ongoing business, and the justification for its policy that allows the continued unrestricted underwriting of new oil and gas projects until at least 2030. As a major shareholder - owning $56 million worth of QBE shares as at 31 ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... September 2024 following previous consultation on the widespread consequences of insurers using genetic test results when underwriting cover. Such consequences included insurers refusing to offer cover or varying terms for those with pre-existing conditions. ...

TAL names retirement and wealth lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... wrap product manager. The announcement also follows the introduction of several changes to the life insurer's underwriting policies in regard to medical test requirements for insurance applications. With the changes, TAL said it will streamline and ...

TAL changes underwriting limits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
TAL has introduced several changes to underwriting 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 ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Insurers will no longer be able to use genetic test results in life insurance underwriting, with a total ban to be introduced by the government. Earlier this year, the government consulted on the use of genetic test results in underwriting life insurance ...

AIA bolsters executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... head of life insurance transformation and head of customer service. Crowe has also previously acted as the head of underwriting at both AXA Australia and MLC Insurance. AIA chief executive Damien Mu said he was thrilled to welcome Crowe to the AIA team. ...

AIA Australia names head of wellbeing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... has held senior roles at EMLife and Rehab Management and was most recently the head of strategy and insight global underwriting and claims at Swiss Re for six months. Hartley is also a board director of the Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association ...