APRA urges super funds to back code
12 March 2018
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has urged superannuation fund trustees to sign up to the Life Insurance Code of Practice…
12 March 2018
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has urged superannuation fund trustees to sign up to the Life Insurance Code of Practice…
12 March 2018
AIA Australia will hold its second annual survey of worker lifestyles, clinical indicators, stress and mental health, to understand impacts on wellbeing and productivity…
12 March 2018
MTAA Super has signed up for the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group’s Life Insurance Code of Practice…
12 March 2018
Smoking trends have changed little in the past five years, according to a Strategic Insights report on the life insurance industry…
12 March 2018
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a final revised Prudential Standard LPS 230 following consultation in November…
12 March 2018
The next Financial Planning Association National Roadshow aims to inform members about proposed Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority standards…
12 March 2018
Former Head of Insurance in Super at NAB Tim Jenkins has joined actuarial firm Rice Warner to become EGM Super…
05 March 2018
Life insurers recorded about $712 million in net profit for the December quarter, up from $489 million in the preceding quarter, according to latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
05 March 2018
ANZ Wealth has announced a series of initiatives linked to its OnePath business, in a bid to strengthen ties with superannuation funds and their members…
05 March 2018
Jane Bowd has replaced Mark Rantall on the Financial Planning Association board…
05 March 2018
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O’Dwyer will speak at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance Conference this month…
05 March 2018
Sarv Girn has been appointed to the new role of Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer at MLC Life Insurance, starting in May…
05 March 2018
Tanya Hadfield has been appointed Head of People and Culture at Fidelity Life, replacing Stacey McDonald…
26 February 2018
ANZ says it will possess the first bank-owned retail superannuation funds to adopt the Insurance in Superannuation Code of Practice, to take effect in July…
26 February 2018
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Philip Leake from providing financial services for five years, after he failed to act in life insurance clients’ best interests…
26 February 2018
ClearView’s life insurance business made a net profit of $12.5 million in the half-year to December, down 2% due to higher than expected claims…
26 February 2018
Mortgage Choice says inforce premium grew 21.1% in the first half to $26.6 million, as the financial planning business expanded…
26 February 2018
The wealth manager attributes the loss in the six months to December 31 to significant investments in new advice technology, additional outsourced services for advice groups, and marketing and salaried advisers…
26 February 2018
Brisbane-based financial adviser Christopher Ramsay has been given a five-year ban for failing to act in clients’ best interests and giving inappropriate advice, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says…
26 February 2018
ANZ Wealth’s OneCare life insurance product is now available through Macquarie’s Wrap financial adviser platform…