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Former ACCC chair will lead APRA capability review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Sector Assessment Program, which included an assessment of APRA's policy and supervisory framework for banks and insurers," the Government said. Separately, Commissioner Hayne recommended a new regulatory overseer for ASIC and APRA, and said there ...

Synchron renews calls on risk advice separation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... same educational program as financial planners. It doesn't really make sense," he said. Trapnell has called for life insurers to back its call for separation between the two. "Like Synchron, we believe life insurers recognise just how vital risk advisers ...

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Further investigation found Nguyen also allowed the incorrectly witnessed binding nomination forms to be submitted to insurers on behalf of two clients, and implemented advice to four clients before providing a Statement of Advice. This occurred between ...

Future Fund investment specialist joins Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... that time. Funds SA is a public sector fund that manages more than $30 billion for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers and endowment funds. In September, it put out its custody contract to tender, inviting six custodians J.P. Morgan, NAB ...

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... companies. It has an office in Melbourne and provides industry data and intelligence on superannuation funds, Aussie insurers In Australia, managed funds and equities. It's latest research charted the inflows for TAL, CommInsure and peers. It's ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers. Overall, the life insurance sector grew steadily by 1.7% year-on-year and reached $16.5 billion. However, it was a mixed result for the ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD). The 50-year-old organisation sets global data standards for insurers and runs as an industry owned non-profit. Batten wins the award jointly with MetLife Australia's digital product manager ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... solutions to meet the varied goals they have beyond pocket money," Badran said. This year's award finalists were: online insurers CoverGenius and Huddle Insurance, personal loans specialist MoneyPlace and banking platform Trade Ledger. StartCon (formerly ...

Complainants most satisfied with life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... regulator documented consumers' complaints journey across financial services and life insurance to find staff of life insurers were the most helpful and displayed the right attitude. Forty-two percent of customers surveyed in ASIC's Report 603 ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... life insurance that it announced in October. Under the agreement - which is "broadly" based on European designs - life insurers will not be able to use genetic test results as part of insurance applications from 1 July 2019, until 30 June 2024. As a ...