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Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... financial advice," FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said. "The government has also provided certainty with the continuation of life insurance commissions, whilst introducing a consent obligation that is covered through existing client approval arrangements." ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... for agents or employees of Australian Authorised Deposit-Taking Institutions (Recommendation 13.5) will also be removed. Life, general and consumer credit insurance commissions (Recommendations 13.7 - 13.9) will have to provide standardised consumer ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... Harrison was tasked with reinventing Zurich's Australian life insurance business; it is now the third-largest life insurer in Australia, according to Plan for Life data. Most recently, Harrison served as chair of Synchron, a role he took up in 2011 ...

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... $10 million, in addition to $12 million in remediation, for failing to pay promised rehabilitation benefits. The life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and ...

HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... entered into the contract, even if a diagnosis had not been made, ASIC said. It further alleged the term suggests that HCF Life can deny coverage even if the customer was not aware of the pre-existing condition. ASIC reinforced: "s47 of the Insurance ...

Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... across the board for the insurance cover provided in Super Savings (previously the insurance cover provided in Sunsuper for life)," it said. In a statement, ART head of product Shane Mather said: "As a profit-for-members fund, ART does not take insurance ...

TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
According to the latest data on life insurance claims and disputes from APRA and ASIC, TAL is the largest player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL leads the life insurance market, boasting a 40.4% market share, insuring 3.9 million lives ...

AIA launches retail rewards program

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... launched an incentive program for new retail clients in a bid to encourage healthy behaviours. The insurer offers Healthier Life Reward to new customers who are non-smokers with a body mass index between 18-26 and have no medical loading. Customers must ...

Brighter Super forges ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
Brighter Super has provided an update about its pending merger with Suncorp's superannuation business, which will officially occur on June 1. Suncorp Super or the SPSL Master Trust members will be transferred to Brighter Super and see their account ...

APRA defers CPS 230 introduction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... CPS 231 Outsourcing (CPS 231) and Prudential Standard CPS 232 Business Continuity Management (CPS 232) that apply to ADIs, life insurers and general insurers, the equivalent superannuation standards Prudential Standard SPS 231 Outsourcing (SPS 231) and ...