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Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... an ASIC-approved form for the provision of consent by the client to the issuing of protected genetic information to the insurer. This will require a six-month implementation period and that ASIC consults on this "very early". "Otherwise, the life insurers ...

CareSuper makes sweeping insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... 'Category B' members to bring the policy in line with other members. "If limited cover conditions apply to your cover our insurer will not pay a benefit if your death, terminal illness or TPD is directly or indirectly caused by or attributed ...

bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
bfinance has announced the appointment of Ravi Rastogi in the newly created senior leadership role of managing director and global head of insurance. He will be based in the firm's London office. The investment consultancy firm said the shift underscores ...

Legacy technology stagnates insurers' business progression: Clearwater Analytics

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Most insurers across the Asia Pacific are citing concerns about legacy technology, which continues to constrain business growth and talent recruitment, yet the industry remains unwilling to adopt innovation, new research has revealed. According to the ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... to trade a bond ETF than it is to trade cash bonds directly," he added. One chief financial officer at a major global insurer located in Australia told Tuckwell that his understanding of the local regulatory obligations was at least 85% of the portfolio ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
NGS Super has promoted Miao Yu to portfolio manager, currency and commodities. Most recently, Yu served as a senior investment analyst at the $17 billion fund for over two years, after joining in 2023 as an investment analyst. Previously, she worked ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... take on a portfolio manager role in treasury and investments at Medibank. Before landing at the Australian private health insurer, Trajkovski served as associate portfolio manager with HESTA's fixed income team for almost four years, after initially ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... promoted Andrew Zhang to principal and portfolio manager. Zhang has spent more than seven years as a portfolio manager at the insurer after joining the group in 2012 as a market risk analyst. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment analytics and ...

Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... present," Generali said. Both firms had signed a Memorandum of Understanding in January in which Generali, a major Italian insurer, would commit €15 billion ($25bn) in seed funding to the joint venture. It would have created a behemoth with €1.9 ...