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MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... October. The platform delivers on the reforms without disrupting an adviser's ability to quote and apply for life insurance cover on behalf of clients, the life insurer said. MetLife has introduced a straight 70% replacement of income - up to $30,000 ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... selling by Freedom Insurance of insurance products issued by Swiss Re Life and Health Australia, including final expenses cover (a type of life cover), accidental death cover and accidental injury cover. Some of the incentives sales agents could qualify ...

MLC Life wins group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... new group insurance mandate from a retail superannuation provider. Going forward, MLC Life will provide group insurance cover to members of GROW Super, Superhero, the Allan Gray Superannuation Fund and several others after being awarded the mandate by ...

Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority said the advice industry is closer to reaching the professional status it is striving to achieve. This is based on new figures FASEA has released to show that advisers are taking educational qualifications ...

New mining head at Goldman Sachs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Goldman Sachs has a new head of metals and mining for Australia and New Zealand. Gavi Friedland steps into the role, an internal promotion from the firm's Melbourne office. He has been with Goldman Sachs since 2009, when he joined its Johannesburg office ...

Christian Super enhances insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... activities without assistance or adaptation. Members under 30 years old will also now receive the same amount of default TPD cover as they do death cover. Currently they receive more TPD cover as this age cohort has typically needed more TPD cover than ...

UniSuper net zero efforts accelerated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
A new three-year renewable electricity deal is set to see the proportion of UniSuper's direct property portfolio that's managed by AMP Capital become carbon neutral almost a decade ahead of target. AMP Capital signed the agreement with SmartestEnergy ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... who are in high-risk occupations. The standard will apply to FSC superannuation and life insurance members for all default cover for life insurance, total and permanent disability and income protection insurance in MySuper and choice products. It comes ...

TPT Wealth builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
The trustee and wealth management business of MyState Group appointed two senior managers as it aims to grow its funds under management. Joe Youssef joined as senior manager, wholesale and Trev McCallum has taken on the role of senior manager, wholesale ...

Super funds extend poor disclosure to ESG holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Superannuation funds are extending their opaque disclosure practices to their environment, social and governance commitments. The recent Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on ESG heard that only a small subset of super funds are walking the talk ...