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PPS Mutual appoints head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... Pillemer helped established and grow PPS Mutual in Australia in 2013. He is the co-founder of the now-defunct Freedom Insurance Group where he was chief financial officer and director between 2009 and 2013. He also co-founded specialist risk insurance ...

Federal Court dismisses Freedom Insurance staff allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
The Federal Court has dismissed ASIC's claims that a former Freedom Insurance director and staff member were engaged in shocking and harmful sales tactics. Judge Goodman did not accept ASIC's claims that former director Keith Cohen and quality ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... said. Seven cases remain in front of the courts, including those against ACBF Funeral Plans and Youpla Group and Freedom Insurance.

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
ASIC has so far secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... sales incentives, appear to have been totally forgotten." For example, Consumer Action Law Centre pointed to the Freedom Insurance case study, in which the company admitted to the Royal Commission that its sales incentives to staff - including commissions ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...

Former Spectrum chief cops additional bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... key person for Spectrum - once home to close to 100 advisers. Spectrum was the subsidiary of the now-defunct Freedom Insurance Group. It closed in 2019 when it could no longer meet a key person requirement for its AFSL. In 2018 Freedom said it would ...

Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... financial services regulation at ASIC between 1998 and 2004. Some recent appointments include a directorship at Freedom Insurance Group and leading ESG research firm Regnan for a year. Vamos is currently a non-executive director of Mercer Superannuation ...

Freedom Insurance appoints liquidators

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... earlier this month, banned Mark Schroeder who was the chief executive of Spectrum Wealth Advisors (a subsidiary of Freedom Insurance Group). It also accepted Spectrum's request to cancel its AFSL.

Former licensee boss banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... ensure financial services provided were done so efficiently, honestly and fairly. Spectrum was a subsidiary of Freedom Insurance Group. After being issued with a notice of hearing by ASIC, Freedom applied to have Spectrum's licence cancelled. Following ...
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