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AIA Australia appoints behavioural economics lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The life insurer has appointed a head of behavioural economics and design, hiring from Swiss Re. Alison Mclean moved into the role on July 1 and is a part of the AIA Australia strategy team, which reports to AIA Australia's chief strategy officer ...

Macquarie executive joins industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... expertise in customer journey design, enhanced by her experience with human centred design methodology, and behavioural economics." "She is the ideal person to integrate the work of our excellent customer service team with new technology for a seamless ...

KPMG acquires customer experience fintech

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... customer experience consulting, which the firm says involves blending research from emerging science in behavioural economics and neuroscience with world class creative output. KPMG partner in charge of CBMA, Paul Howes, added KPMG's CBMA arm had produced ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... expanded upon in a recent article by Milliman financial risk management consultant Jeff Gebler, who argued that behavioural economics "has revealed the vast gulf that exists between what people say they want and how they behave." To illustrate this ...

Industry fund creates finance role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... provides a strong foundation for the next seven to 10 years." Vision Super recently detailed its use of a behavioural economics program which fights inaction on increases to the superannuation guarantee. The 'Save more for later' programs helps employees ...

An industry fund vision for retirement comfort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A $9.2 billion industry fund is using behavioural economics to fight the Federal Government's inaction on increasing the superannuation guarantee. Vision Super has trialled a program called 'Save more for later' to help employees of Mount Alexander ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... Australia with the launch of a platform already being used by several advice groups. United States-based behavioural economics, decision science and financial technology firm Capital Preferences has developed a SaaS (Software as a Service) behavioural ...

Association launches retirement savings research hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... based in Adelaide and will cover a range of topics including the design of retirement incomes policies, behavioural economics and investment markets, aged care and mental capacity. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said the centre will focus on all ...

Can life and health insurers operate under one roof?

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... health insurance because these are already such complex products on their own," she said. Referring to the behavioural economics research Choice regularly undertakes, Turner said consumers encounter many problems with bundled products. She said that ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... advice has traditionally been very technical but I think we all appreciate that there's a lot of emotions and behavioural economics proving that it's actually people's psyche and their mental wellbeing."
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