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Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... regulator found 115 PowerPoint presentations he gave to clients between 2010 and 2016 which it allegedly contained false claims that Henderson had the degree. Further, ASIC said the Master of Commerce claim was mentioned on the Henderson Maxwell website ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
APRA and ASIC have published the latest data on life insurance claims and disputes, demonstrating the difference financial advisers make when it comes to TPD and trauma claims. ASIC's MoneySmart life insurance claims comparison tool has been updated ...

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... $37,000 taxable income and the maximum tax refunded is $500 a year, seeing hundreds of thousands of women left behind." ISA claims more than 1.2 million Australians would see a boost in their super savings by increasing the LISTO to cover workers earning ...

Pandemic batters life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out $1.4 billion from the books of life insurers and triggered a spike in claims, according to new research. KPMG's 2020 Life insurance insights reveals close to half of the firms it analysed are making a loss. ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... monetary policy." The paper said over the past few months the argument against value has become stronger, but dismisses those claims as purely descriptive, lamenting the fact that growth has outperformed value in the last few years. "There is no magic ...

TPB bans tax agent over COVID-19 fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... amounts which dishonestly qualified them to receive a Cash Flow Boost payment. This resulted in a Cash Flow Boost and GST claims payment of $20,000 being deposited into a bank account held by Tong, which was then retained by the agent and transferred ...

REI Super ups insurance premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... repricing by life insurers for both death and TPD," Coysh said. "The changes largely reflect the impact of COVID-19 on expected claims experience." In May 2019, REI Super increased life insurance premiums blaming the Protecting Your Super reforms. At ...

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... inadvertent", with senior management potentially ignoring legal advice and complaints from junior employees. In the next week, Cook claims she reported the information to former AMP legal counsel Brian Salter, former AMP Advice chief executive Jack Regan ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... and hibernate for the winter as the second coming of the coronavirus hits the continent. There must be something to the claims that weather plays a part in the life, death and transmission of the virus. The Advisory Board published an article at the ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Life insurer MetLife is preparing for an increase in mental health claims in the wake of COVID-19, with the insurer acknowledging the psychological toll of financial hardship. "There is a direct connection between financial wellbeing and mental health. ...