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Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... practices, pricing uncertainty, risk management and risk appetite. Life insurers need to engage more effectively with GPs in claims management by requesting factual medical information from the doctors only and use assessments from occupational physicians ...

ASIC takes action against Equiti

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... product advice provided or the choice of financial product recommended by Equiti FS advisers to retail clients. ASIC also claims that between 18 May 2015 and 13 February 2018, Equiti FS advisers gave financial advice that was not in their clients' best ...

Long way for super complaints overhaul

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling processes. All complaints must be responded to in 45 days. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds ...

Life insurers getting into rehab concerning: SCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... help, but two key concerns remained. "Obviously there is a financial incentive as well in terms of being able to reduce the claims level," he said. "...We want to make sure that no we're not just doubling up on a bunch of... health insurance." O'Halloran ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Cover amounts higher these would be subject to a full application and underwriting. PPS Mutual head of underwriting and claims management Marcello Bertasso said the offer is the latest commitment to improving and innovating PPS Mutual member experience. ...

ASIC to wind up PE Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... authority to issue information memorandums for unregistered schemes and special purpose vehicle trusts. On top of that, ASIC claims PE Capital made misleading and deceptive statements in product disclosure statements. ASIC wants the Federal Court to ...

ASIC cracks down on investment guru

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Institute, which provides webinars and online courses focused on property investing and safeguarding wealth. She is a lawyer and claims to have bought, sold or held "multi-million dollars worth of real estate". "Having provided legal financial services ...

Statewide not contesting ASIC allegations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... correspondence with members for about three years between May 2017 and June 2020. Statewide filed its response to ASIC's claims on May 7. "In the circumstances, Statewide Super considers that your interests, as a member, are best advanced by not contesting ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... she oversaw the commercial performance of the retail and direct businesses. Her career to date spans customer retention, claims and underwriting insights, pricing, analytics and portfolio management, working at firms that include Commonwealth Bank, RGA ...

Advisers to go forth with claims handling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the government's regulation that will exempt advisers from varying their AFSL to provide claims handling, following a submission outlining issues. The government passed Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission ...