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REI Super names new chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... taking over the helm from Claire Higgins this week. Peck brings more than 40 years' experience across superannuation, insurance and financial services, with expertise in governance, strategy, distribution and member engagement. He has served as deputy ...

Genetic testing laws pass parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
New laws that ban the ability to discriminate based on adverse predictive genetic test results in life insurance underwriting have passed parliament. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said Australians should not feel discouraged from undertaking ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... include a ceiling to ensure the individual doesn't lose government and other entitlements, like National Disability Insurance Scheme funding. For the 2025-26 financial year, the Special Disability Trust (SDT) asset value limit - often referred to ...

APRA shuffles executive director lineup

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... Carmody. Meanwhile, Peter Diamond has been promoted from general manager of banking to executive director of general insurance and banking. He replaces Jane Magill who moved to become executive director of life and private health insurance and superannuation ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... template Statement of Advice (SOA), recommending clients switch super funds to Netwealth while retaining $10,000 for insurance purposes. Additionally, Hogan was found to have engaged in misleading and unprofessional conduct by knowingly having SOAs prepared ...

Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... chance of an economic meltdown occurring in the US has increased with 53% highlighting their concerns in the 2026 Global Insurance Survey. This rose from 45% expecting a US recession within three years in 2025. An economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... reprimand to a financial adviser who recommended a client roll their super over to another product, costing them their insurance coverage. The financial adviser was reprimanded this month, after they were found to have provided poor advice in August ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... success in his next opportunity." Reilly joined the fund in 2015 and in the role has managed a broad portfolio, including insurance, investment operations, digital technology, information security and strategy. Reilly said he was proud of the team's ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. She also intended to change her superannuation. "At the time I was with Macquarie ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... credit and alternatives to back its ambitious US$400 billion raise. "BlackRock already manages US$3 trillion on behalf of insurance, wealth, and outsourcing clients. We have a significant opportunity to deliver better outcomes and experiences for clients ...