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AMP NZ wealth divestment off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... time, AMP said it was still on track to divest from its New Zealand wealth management business, as well as its life insurance business AMP Life.

Frontline worker death nominations spike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... chief executive of Catholic Super and Equipsuper has shared new data revealing a sharp increase in enquiries on life insurance and updates to death nominations for essential workers. Scott Cameron said the five offerings over which he serves as trustee ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Life insurance startups saw their share of total and early-stage funding to insurtechs shrink, as total investment in the sector dropped in the March quarter. Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... objective criteria, lack of independence of research teams and associated governance," FCA director of supervision - life insurance and financial advice Debbie Gupta wrote. "Processes for clear selection, monitoring and deselection of funds on lists ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... risk," he said. These include wealth platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, and general and life insurance and auto finance, he added. It will also include Westpac Pacific. Commenting on Yetton's appointment, King described ...

COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Economic has heard. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics hearing into the life insurance sector, ClearView managing director Simon Swanson responded to a series of questions levelled by Labor MP Andrew Leigh about ...

Former Spectrum Wealth, NAB advisers banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... SMSF and provide them with statements of advice. "In one instance, Myers advised her client to roll over existing life insurance to the newly established SMSF," ASIC said. "As a result, the client lost life insurance cover and subsequently the client's ...

AZ NGA makes 64th acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... becoming rarer and rarer, but Jeremy and his team are passionate about being their clients' trusted adviser for all life insurance-related matters." Certe Wealth Jeremy Boller founded the firm in 1996. "We got to a size and stage where we needed the ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Key players in Australia's life insurance sector are preparing to face a grilling by parliamentarians via videoconference next week. Next week several major life insurance firms and advocacy bodies will face up to the scrutiny of the House of Representatives ...

Risk advisers under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
This week's joint report from ASIC and APRA into life insurance and claims handling found superior consumer outcomes for group life insurance, leading a prolific law firm to suggest risk advisers add little to no value. Maurice Blackburn superannuation ...