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O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... binding on trustees means that industry-led solutions will not be realised." She added that the Insurance in Super Working Group, the taskforce behind the code, "has not always worked particularly well in providing government with feedback and interaction." ...

Successful implementation of super code critical

STEPHEN FAY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... March 30 to indicate whether they will adopt the code, with former chair of the Insurance in Superannuation Industry Working Group, Jim Minto saying that while it is voluntary and there will be no overarching compliance monitoring market pressure will ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... July 1 for all AIST members. While with the prudential regulator, Brunner served as chair of its Superannuation Working Group from 2010 to 2015. He has also previously worked for the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Brunner will be joined ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... assessments are also likely to vary," Rowell said. She also encouraged members to sign up to the Insurance in Super Working Group Code of Practice but said there was room for improvement including clearer definitions for disability insurance, tackling ...

ANZ adopts life insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... and decreasing when they will less likely need it, he said. ANZ has worked with the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), the body tasked with establishing and championing the code, over the last 18 months to support industry-wide adoption. ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... of their superannuation. These measures follow the recommendations of the Superannuation Guarantee Cross-Agency Working Group, which made targeted proposals for overcoming barriers to better compliance, she said. Last year the Government also introduced ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... permanent disability (TPD) protection. In releasing its voluntary code of conduct today, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) said it is making the process of applying, reducing, increasing and cancelling members' cover at any time much ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is urging superannuation trustees to sign up to its voluntary life insurance code of practice, which will come into effect 1 July 2018. To eschew account balance erosion, super trustees under the code will ...

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... Notable projects IFF has been involved with include the SuperStream data standards, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group and Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. "The opportunities to liaise directly with representatives of the regulators ...

Managed accounts sector knuckles down on data standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... financial advice will work together to develop efficient standards for the exchange of managed account data. An industry working group led by the Institute of Managed Account Professionals has been established to cultivate a standard format for the transfer ...