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APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... interests and duties. APRA chair John Lonsdale said APRA remains committed to uplifting standards of governance in banking, insurance and superannuation. "Effective governance is fundamental to financial stability and sound risk management. Across our ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... message is the super industry sending when trustees cannot be bothered to check if members are being paid their death or insurance benefits, often at a very vulnerable period, within a reasonable time? The disconnect is even more jarring when super funds ...

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... receiving 6164. Of these, close to 4000 related to super accounts, while most of the balance were in relation to group insurance. Delays in claims handling were again the subject of the bulk of complaints, followed by service issues. This year's review ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... risk officer at Allianz Asia Pacific and based in Singapore. Fink was in finance roles at Capricorn Society and QBE Insurance and before that worked at Allianz based in Germany. "We're entering an exciting new chapter at Allianz Retire+, with a leadership ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Wales," he said. Gilmour said the expansion will target strategic partnerships with boutique financial advice firms, insurance brokers, lending specialists and accounting practices, which will help create joint ventures and referral pathways that deliver ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... advice firm Geographe Financial Group (Geographe). Geographe has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. In 2024, AZ NGA acquired AMP's Equity Portfolio and gained a minority stake in ...

Australian Food Super to transition to age-based premiums

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
Australian Food Super is transitioning its insurance offering to age-based pricing, with older members to pay much more for cover. For insurance purposes, Australian Food Super members are categorised as either manual workers or office workers. For ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from Frontier Advisors, where he spent over 22 years, most recently as principal ...

Super complaints decline year-on-year: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... with 500, and Cbus with 328. The vast majority (50%) related to account administration issues, followed by group life insurance (37%), and death benefits 10.3%. In the financial advice sector, United Global Capital had the most complaints with 605, followed ...