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VFMC appoints two new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... state's public sector clients including Emergency Services and State Super (ESS Super), WorkSafe Victoria, the Transport Accident Commission, and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

Life insurers paid $6.9bn in claims in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... The leading causes of claims were cancer, heart disease, mental health, musculoskeletal-related, neurological-related, accident and suicide. Over the last 10 calendar years the total from the retail companies has added up to almost $40 billion paid to ...

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... able to return to work earlier at which time the payments would stop," Britton said. "However, if the member had a car accident and became a quadriplegic and was unable to ever work again, this member would receive their insurance cover in a single lump ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Renee McGowan is fluent in Indonesian and has worked in over 30 countries during her career. As Mercer chief customer and marketing officer, she has become the organisation's custodian of customers. McGowan admits she had a fairly accidental entry into ...

Adviser roadshow shines light on modern-day advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... from all conversations. Instead, replace the same terms with 'protection', 'personal protection package', 'illness or accident', 'wants analysis' and 'income replacement' respectively. These are words that people can relate to: "For example, don't use ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... recognised NobleOak Life (TPD Award), CommInsure (Trauma Standalone Award), AIA Australia (Trauma Rider Award), OnePath (Accident Cover Award) and TAL Life (Income Protection Award and Innovation Award). Other winners included Suncorp (Funeral Cover ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... ETFs are indexed observers should not assume that all new ETFs will be indexed products or funds: "It is quite simply an accident of history that most ETFs at the moment are indexed," the researcher commented. Rainmaker said that equities, and especially ...

VFMC appoints acting chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Victorian public sector clients including the Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme, WorkSafe Victoria, Transport Accident Commission and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

Mercer appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... and utilities. She is currently chairman of Yarra Valley Water and a director of State Trustees Limited, the Transport Accident Commission and YMCA Victoria. She was previously group general manager at Telstra Corporation and managing director of Balcombe ...

VFMC begins search for new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Victorian public sector clients including the Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme, WorkSafe Victoria, Transport Accident Commission and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.