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Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... complainants. Most complaints lodged with AFCA related to banking and finance at 58%, down from 60% last year. General insurance was behind that accounting for 24% of complaints, then superannuation at 9% and financial advice at 6%. Credit cards were ...

IAG names chief from within

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... and customer-focused." IAG chair Elizabeth Bryan said: "Nick has a deep understanding of global and domestic general insurance along with operational and financial experience, and this will ensure a smooth transition for IAG." Hawkins will commence his ...

AFCA sees 14% rise in complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... being charged incorrect fees/costs and 648 for poor service quality. Most COVID-19-related complaints were about general insurance claims, at 1813, with more than 1500 of these being travel insurance complaints. Another major issue for consumers was ...

Complaints abound during COVID-19: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Justin Untersteiner revealed the COVID-19 related complaints included 1430 banking and finance complaints, 1070 general insurance complaints, and 610 superannuation complaints. Untersteiner said the majority of the complaints have been about delays in ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Australia has announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as chief executive and executive director, set to assist the general insurance industry as its readies itself to face the challenges of the COVID-19 recovery. Hall's illustrious career spans ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... worked with industry to incorporate a four-day deferred sales period into the Banking Code of Practice and the General Insurance Code of Practice, and set out guidance for all lenders who sell consumer credit insurance.

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... will flow directly into rental income as well as ancillary income such as car parking and advertising fees" General insurance, however, would be somewhat defensive during the crisis, he argued. "With COVID-19 being declared a biosecurity threat by the ...

Former ANZ Wealth retirement head joins CoreLogic

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... manager of banking and finance solutions for Australasia. In her most recent role, Malev was ANZ's head of general insurance business. In the role, she was responsible for P&L, strategic partnership management, business strategy and execution, CoreLogic ...

Aviva restructures, plans new retirement focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... and is now simplifying its structure with plans to separate the group into five businesses, including UK Life, general insurance, Europe Life and Asia Life. The fifth business will be a dedicated investment, savings and retirement division to tackle ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... AFS licensee cannot be the authorised representative of another AFS licensee - with the only exceptions being general insurance underwriting agents and brokers operating under a binder given by an insurer. The regulator said in circumstances where an ...