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Robert slates industry over inactive accounts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... attitude in dealing with inactive superannuation accounts. Speaking at the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Conference in Sydney this morning, the Assistant Treasurer noted how the Government's Protecting Your Super package was designed to ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... policy design and disclosure. The poll, which was conducted at the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference, found more than a third (36%) said the bar set by the code was too low, while the majority felt (59%) it was just right. When ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... O'Dwyer expressed her frustration with the industry's inertia at yesterday's Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney. She is "convinced" trustees are not taking their best interest duties seriously. "I am concerned that some, possibly ...

FSC proposes genetics and insurance council

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... research and genetics testing. Chief executive Sally Loane announced the initiative at this morning's FSC Life Insurance Conference, urging the need to respond to the rapid advancement and importance of genetic science. The FSC's standard governing the ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... future," Mu said. Mu's statement echoes his comments back in March at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, where he said he saw a "strong case for life and health coming together and creating shared value." At the ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes issued this warning at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, adding: "While our mandate is to ensure financial safety, that does not entail protecting the business models ...

Can life and health insurers operate under one roof?

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... according to AIA Australia chief executive Damien Mu. Speaking at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, Mu said he sees a "strong case for life and health coming together and creating shared value. After all, our biggest ...

Insurers lagging on mental health

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... Health Australia director, policy and projects Josh Fear. Speaking at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, Fear said that the number-one request he hears from past or present sufferers of mental illness is for "life ...

Insurers: beware the double-edged sword of genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... discrimination" carries its own risks for the industry. Speaking at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, the director master of Sydney Medical School's Genetic Counselling Program Kristine Barlow-Stewart said that ...

Life code needs work: ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... according to ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. Speaking on a panel at the 2017 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference in Sydney, Kell said that there is still "an enormous amount to be done to improve the claims process for consumers." He noted ...
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