insurance
Superannuation
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned the Productivity Commission it is placing at risk historical special deals struck between employers and superannuation fu...
Insurance
Self-regulation would not be an adequate protection if life insurers were permitted to participate in worker rehabilitation, according to mental health body, beyondblue....
People and Products
The former chief executive and managing director of Perpetual has been appointed the new CEO of MLC, effective 1 September 2018....
Insurance
Industry Super Australia has warned the Government’s move to make insurance inside superannuation “opt in” for under 25s could leave millions of Australians without appro...
Insurance
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has shown concern about poor disability income insurance, reporting that the performance and sustainability of DII products...
Insurance
Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Insurance inside Superannuation Working Group as an ‘ineffectual exercise’ which has given rise to serious unintended...
Insurance
All group life insurance should be “opt-in” according to ClearView managing director, Simon Swanson, in circumstances where the “cheapness” of group can be illusory....
Expert Analysis
New analysis conducted by KPMG has confirmed that there is an array of unintended consequences flowing from the Government’s Federal Budget announcement changing the rule...
Roundtables
Does the lack of compulsion around the insurance inside superannuation Code of Conduct mean it lacks teeth? Most participants in the Super Review roundtable believe it do...
Roundtables
Superannuation funds are facing both considerable cost and administrative complexity in seeking to deal with the changes to insurance inside superannuation, not least the...
Roundtables
Has a Pandora’s Box of unintended consequences been opened by via the Federal Budget and the Productivity Commission when it comes changes to the rules around insurance w...
People and Products
MLC Life Insurance has appointed chief underwriter of HSBC in Hong Kong, Mick Jones, as the new head of underwriting....
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...