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Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical bills of a sick ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... commence legal proceedings on behalf of a significant number of Woodford investors," RGL Management said. "There will be claims for losses sustained directly as a result of the collapse of the Woodford funds, as well as for 'loss of opportunity' ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... and withdrawals, tax liabilities on fund withdrawals and disqualification form income support such as JobSeeker." Jones claims government ministers and senior public servants have acknowledge many of his cited failings, but said they have not provided ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... ongoing crisis of reputation after the Australian Financial Review revealed that the company knew about sexual harassment claims against new chief executive Boe Pahari but still promoted him to the top job.

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... July 2020." Simms added that the cyber criminals were aiming to collect personal information to be used to make fraudulent claims of government programs, including access to the ERS scheme. "One of the high-risk issues have been the impersonation of ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... employment will be impacted by COVID-19, but not extend it beyond the life of the JobKeeper program. "JobKeeper is softening the claims experience for insurers because more people are still employed as a result of it," he said. "We're critical of ...

Queenslanders drain super: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) claims 27% of Queenslanders with a super account have accessed the Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme; the highest proportion in the nation. ISA said over 145,000 Queenslanders have wiped out their retirement savings ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Life insurance claims paid out billions of dollars to Australians last year. However, the industry needs to focus on creating awareness for its members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... biological differences between men and women. KPMG provided the analysis of the 2019 data on the causes of life insurance claims for Australians of working age. FSC senior policy manager for life insurance Nick Kirwan said: "New claims statistics tell ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... on accounts where balances are too low." Hume also suggested that she'd like to see some reform in the way mental health claims are handled by life insurers, acknowledging that COVID-19 was likely to have a serious mental health impact over the short ...