AMP MySuper members left uninsured
Details emerge of members unknowingly without cover, being charged smokers’ premiums and more as hearings continue.
Cbus risk-premia move reflects local trend
Cbus Super’s Scott Pappas is one of an increasing number of Australian super fund managers overseeing liquid alternative strategies.
Covert surveillance common in mental health claims
Suncorp was the most prolific user of surveillance among the big insurers; the saga of one woman’s mental health claim with TAL continues.
TAL’s covert surveillance revealed at Hayne inquiry
TAL Group’s general manager of claims, Loraine van Eeden told the Hayne inquiry she was shocked at the treatment of a mentally ill customer.
BAML research head decries lack of tech-savvy directors
The scarcity of finance company directors with knowledge of tech makes business transformation a challenge, Sameer Chopra tells delegates.
CommInsure used outdated definitions to reject claims
CommInsure’s Helen Troup admits to the Hayne Inquiry it was motivated by “commercial considerations” in not updating medical definitions.
Conexus Superannuation Awards 2019: enter now
Entries are open for the Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards 2019, which will honour funds that help create good retirement outcomes.
Photo Gallery: Equities Summit 2018
The 2018 Equities Summit took place at Crown Towers, Melbourne VIC, 11 Septemeber 2018)
More class actions against retail funds ‘within weeks’
AMP and CBA were singled out by a law firm that could file class actions in which “a third of adult Australians” could be eligible.
Future Fund to tip more into emerging-market ventures
The Future Fund’s Craig Thorburn told a panel that private equity focused on ventures and late-stage growth companies is highly attractive.
Life sector needs to ‘tell its story’
Insurance executives agreed that reform proposals have emerged, in part, because the industry needs to promote its value better.
Insurance round opens with laundry list of misconduct
Counsel assisting Rowena Orr opened with insurers’ admissions of over-charging premiums, underpaying claims and much more.
