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No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... 2010 that increases in living costs for all household types were higher than the increase in the CPI," Marquardt said. Insurance and financial services, which includes mortgage interest charges, and food and non-alcoholic beverages were the main contributors ...

Vision Super closes property, infrastructure options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... with its insurer, MLC Life, to prepare a new portal and policies for Active Super members, and flagged reductions to insurance premiums are expected.

Choice products require fairer framework: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... are highly tailorable that require intermediary involvement, or "simple", which selects and modifies investment and insurance options from a simple menu with increased engagement and intermediary support. One of the suggestions in the report is amending ...

BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... divesting the asset management business is in line with its simplification strategy, as it looks to focus on its core insurance activities. In addition to the $8.5 billion (€5.1 billion) price tag, AXA will also receive $500 million (€300 million) ...

AIA Australia names head of wellbeing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... our customers during their return to wellness," Mu said. The wellbeing force was previously placed in AIA's life insurance claims division. Other changes in the team include four new wellbeing team managers of Nicole Gallagher, Catherine Zaman, Rebecca ...

Private capital fundraising remains in the doldrums: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... total deal value, but the two largest deals in the quarter were both in Australia. The first was the acquisition of PSC Insurance Group by Ardonagh Group for $1.5 billion, followed by Perpetual's hiving off its wealth management unit to KKR at $1.4 billion. ...

AFCA complaints surge in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... to more than 105,000. Preliminary numbers show scam-related complaints drove the surge, together with motor vehicle insurance, banking, finance, and general insurance sector-related issues. AFCA has not yet provided a breakdown of the complaints related ...

Cbus unleashes raft of fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... 0.19% of the account balance each year to a maximum of $1000 per year. In addition, Cbus made several changes to its insurance fees. For many members fees per unit of either death or TPD cover have dropped, while others will see rises between $0.04 and ...

Allianz Retire+ joins CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... Allianz Retire+ chief executive Adrian Stewart said he believes the move will better serve the advancement of the life insurance industry. "Being a full CALI member provides us with a unique platform to engage with our industry peers, shape and advocate ...

TAL appoints chief executive, individual life

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... He previously served as general manager of the division for three years. With over two decades of experience in the insurance sector, TAL said Teichner has a proven track record working across different metrics, organising the product development and ...