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Industry fund names new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... the appointment of AIA will enable increased flexibility in insurance arrangements, as well as digital claims, e-underwriting and access to AIA Vitality. "Additionally, we believe that the fund and AIA have a strong cultural alignment and together we ...

Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... economic factors that predict mental health. The paper recommended changes to product definitions, product design, underwriting guidelines, the regulatory structure and early treatment focused on recovery. "This white paper takes a 'whole of environment' ...

MLC Life hires wealth and partnerships lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... Australia and CommInsure. The other general manager appointments were: Fiona Guscott was named general manager of underwriting and operations, Angela McLaughlin is now general manager of product, pricing and proposition (retail), while Craig Harrison ...

Financial services firm names new directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... would go on to become a senior member of the firm's team. He was a member of Hartleys' executive council, underwriting committee and the head of the private client advisory board for two years. In May 2003, he was appointed as a director of the ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... actuaries, and discussions with regulators, Treasury, chief executives, boards, lawyers, consumer advocates, claims and underwriting professionals, doctors and financial advisers. The taskforce said it hopes to achieve stable prices, sustainable outcomes ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... appointments to the team. Former head of policy administration systems Fiona Guscott has been named general manager, underwriting and operations, while executive lead, ethics and emerging risk Angela McLaughlin is now general manager product, pricing ...

Magellan, Barclays back new firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... other founding partners. The firm will provide corporate and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets underwriting, cash equities, research, prime brokerage and fixed income services in Australia. Magellan will have a 40% economic interest ...

CoreLogic appoints financial services solutions head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... digitisation. He joins from Genworth where he spent the last 19 years in a number of roles and was most recently head of underwriting risk and business review. Prior to this he was risk manager, senior risk analyst and insurance auditor. Prior to this ...

Zurich rejigs operations team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... newly-created role of head of operations, integration. Beilby is now responsible for initiatives that support claims, underwriting and service leaders, after spending nearly six years as Zurich's chief underwriting officer. Peter Tilocca, who was ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... he said. "People are shunted into this definition because of their employment status." Mennen argued that from an underwriting point of view, changing the level of cover depending on a person's security of employment doesn't have a clear purpose. ...