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Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... Enabling better customer value through collaboration report canvassed 54 respondents in the health, life and general insurance industry.

Financial advice drags BTFG results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... $64 million lower than the second half of 2018. The decline was due to the exit of Hastings ($180m), higher general insurance claims for major weather events ($66m), lower margins from the decision to reprice certain platform fees ($8m) and discontinuing ...

Insurance expert joins $33bn super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... consultation services on insurance, brokerage services and claims advocacy. This includes group risk insurance, general insurance and group income protection. According to Rainmaker analysis using APRA data, industry funds experienced the largest net ...

AFCA hears legacy complaints

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... predecessors. AFCA said 8% of the complaints it received so far were to do with superannuation, while credit and general insurance topped the list, contributing to 45% and 21% of complaints each.

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... enforced. "In respect of the Life Insurance Code of Practice, the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code and the General Insurance Code of Practice, the Financial Services Council, the Insurance Council of Australia and ASIC should take all necessary ...

Complainants most satisfied with life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... with contact staff at super funds. Customers rated their dispute experience in banking (27%), credit (21%) and general insurance (22%) similarly. Financial advice firms (12%) rated the lowest. The research also found that, in general, very few customers ...

AFCA receives 500 super complaints in first month

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... predecessors. AFCA said 8% of the complaints it received so far were to do with superannuation, while credit and general insurance topped the list, contributing to 45% and 21% of complaints each. But according to the authority's chief executive and chief ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... with exposure to the U.S. and the wider global environment, characterising it as "robust". He called out the general insurance sector as an area of the market the firm looks favourably upon for the upcoming year. "An environment dominated by risks calls ...

Royal Commission hits Westpac cash earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... year-on-year, and reflective of an increase in funds; solid growth in corporate super for life insurance and fewer general insurance claims. The result was partly offset by margin compression from price reductions and lower revenue from its financial ...

ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... remains of ANZ's Australian business is: lenders mortgage insurance, financial planning, share investing and general insurance distribution. The group reported after-tax statutory profit of $6.4 billion, which stayed flat compared to the previous ...