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Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... superannuation, it said. In its May draft report, the Commission highlighted six major recommendations to: Make life insurance for young members aged under 25 years old opt in only; Cease insurance on accounts without contributions for 13 months unless ...

Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... having started in 2003. He has served as Challenger's chief investment officer and the chief executive of its life insurance business in the past. Prior to joining Challenger, Howes worked at Bankers Trust and Macquarie. Challenger board chair Peter ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Life insurance reforms proposed to provide better rehabilitation and early intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Raiz to launch group insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... disrupt the group insurance market. Raiz, the micro-investing platform, announced it is helping develop a tailored life insurance product within superannuation that eliminates the one-size-fits-all approach of many group insurance policies. The deal ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
At least 50 staff members at TAL have been made redundant as part of a wider move to scale back its direct life insurance business. TAL said an ongoing program of change has been underway for some time and has so far resulted in reduced staffing requirements ...

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... has recognised NobleOak as the best direct life insurer in 2018. Strategic Insight presented its annual Direct Life Insurance Awards at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on Thursday. In addition to scoring the Overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence ...

Integrity Life names head of retail product

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Life appointed a new head of retail product as it continues to expand its operations. William Rogers joins the life insurance provider from CommInsure, where he was a senior product development and research manager for the last three years. Prior to ...

BTFG enhances life cover application process, waives fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
BT Financial Group is making it easier for financial advisers and their clients to apply for life insurance. Following an update to BTFG's LifeCENTRAL+ software, advisers can now share information online and will also soon be able to apply online via ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... particularly low roll-over balances and if you can't articulate the disadvantages to the client of doing that - including life insurance that they might lose or cover they may not regain because of a pre-existing condition - then don't go any further." ...