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Life CCC spots 10.6k breaches in FY26

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has published its FY26 annual report, which saw over 10,600 breaches by insurers with close to 30,000 customers affected. Of the 10,697 breaches in FY26, a single insurer accounted for 10,105, who has been ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
... ways," Davidson says. An analysis of top ASX-listed companies in the Biodiversity Council's 2026 report, Cracking the code, reveals that nature risk is highly concentrated among select industries. Utilities, energy, materials, industrials and consumer ...

CALI outlines Life Code changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... insurers have set out their action plan with an aim to strengthen their commitments to customers under the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code), following an independent review commissioned by the industry. The industry has committed to better ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... sanctions framework including criminal penalties for unregistered tax preparers, new civil penalties for breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct, and increased penalty amounts, as well as new powers for the Tax Practitioners Board. "This is about ...

Insurer sanctioned for over 10k breaches

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer after it reported more than 10,000 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) in relation to failure to provide timely, completed annual notices. ...

ASIC, APRA urge finance sector to demonstrate AI threat response

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... incident response timeframes. Defensive AI is emerging as a potential tool for threat intelligence, vulnerability detection, code review and incident response, although participants noted governed and scalable capability remains limited and should not ...

EQT to become new Melbourne Storm owner

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... game of rugby league is as healthy as it has ever been, and we want our club to go from strength to strength alongside the code in the years to come. A partner like EQT well and truly puts us in the best position to do that." Meanwhile, EQT managing ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... reform the best interests duty to support the provision of scaled advice and confirmed a review of the Financial Adviser Code of Ethics. The minister said the reforms were designed to address the reality that millions of Australians need assistance navigating ...

Life CCC unveils FY27 priorities

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has laid out its priorities for the current financial year, including providing the necessary support required for the upcoming implementation of the revised Life Code (Code). The focus in FY27 is largely ...

FSCP bans adviser over client advice failures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... basis. In addition to the legislative breaches, the panel concluded Morrison-Dowd failed to comply with the financial adviser Code of Ethics in relation to three clients. Despite finding there was no current financial loss suffered by clients, the panel ...
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