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Equip Super welcomes new chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... Suncorp Group. Currently, he serves as Heritage and People's Choice chair, Resolution Capital chair, and icare (Insurance and Care NSW) deputy chair. "I am thrilled to welcome Michael as the chair of the board," Equip Super deputy chair Justine Hickey ...

HUB24 launches investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... an investment option within HUB24 Invest or HUB24 Super before the end of the year, he said. Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said, "for the first time ever advisers will have access to a guaranteed income for life which ...

TAL makes leadership changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... confidence. Oliver joined TAL in 2001 as finance manager and rose the ranks to lead different areas such as finance and group insurance. She has been the chief claims officer since June 2019 and will continue to manage the unit while TAL recruits for ...

ReCALIbrate grant winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... Association Australia (FAAA) Congress in Adelaide. Each ReCALIbrate recipient will also be paired with a senior female life insurance industry leader and can have two in-person or virtual meetings. The purpose of these meetings will be to provide a forum ...

Fixed income expected to be hotter than stocks: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... two years. The research, commissioned by MPG in July, surveyed 100 investment professionals working for pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, family offices, other institutional investors, and wealth managers with a total of $405 billion ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Former insurance adviser John Durant has been banned by the regulator for three years after he was found to have told clients to deposit insurance premiums directly into his personal account. Durant is prohibited from providing financial services, controlling ...

Allianz Retire+ launches retirement solution for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... retirement. Taking on the self-professed responsibility to solve the retirement income dilemma, Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said the insurer is revolutionising perceptions about retirement solutions and its implementation ...

ASFA names acting chief, chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... Meanwhile, ASFA has reappointed Gary Dransfield as chair. Dransfield is currently a non-executive director of Hollard Insurance and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). He has been both a board member and chair of the Insurance Council ...

Super funds offer merger update

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... their retirement savings elsewhere. As part of the merger, CBA Group Super said most members will see a decrease in insurance premiums across death, TPD, and salary continuance cover. Death and TPD premiums are expected to drop by an average of 26% ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... allocations (SAA) to prioritise flexibility and new opportunities, according to a BlackRock study. In its annual Global insurance report, BlackRock indicated that insurers are adopting flexible SAAs to exploit opportunities in both public and private ...