Roundtables
The cost of secondary mental health conditions
One in five Australians in any year will experience a mental health issue. What is less well known is that secondary conditions are a bigger problem.
Sarah JonesFebruary 17, 2020
AIA
Insurance
AIA and CommInsure join forces
AIA has partnered with Commonwealth Bank’s life insurance business to operate as one entity as it waits for its purchase of CommInsure Life to be completed.
Elizabeth FryNovember 1, 2019
InFocus
Insurers on the front foot in tackling mental health
With an increasing body of evidence that shows returning to work can play a positive role in recovering from illness and injury, insurers and employers are looking to early intervention strategies that begin before a claim is even lodged.
Ben HurleyOctober 23, 2019
Roundtables
Education and early intervention is the biggest challenge for group insurance
A public misperception of insurance companies as faceless entities that do their best to avoid paying claims is not only unfounded, but potentially causing members to miss out on a wide range of benefits, industry figures say.
Ben HurleyAugust 21, 2019
Group Insurance Summit
Insurers strike out at Canberra policy
AIA Insurance chief executive, Damien Mu, warns that Australia is danger of creating an “insurance underclass” of workers who will find it hard to get coverage.
Elizabeth FryAugust 14, 2019
Roundtables
Mental health: stay in the green zone
The Federal Government is turning its eye to the economic impact of mental health, making workplace early intervention a hot topic
Alice UribeNovember 14, 2018
Insurance
AIA’s Mu calls early intervention ‘right thing to do’
Parliament committee’s rejection of proposal to allow insurers to pay for prevention of workplace illnesses a ‘disappointment': AIA boss.
Alice UribeNovember 5, 2018
Group Insurance Summit
Don’t be ‘complacent’ on super overhaul, AIA’s Mu warns
The head of the life insurance giant says the industry can’t let changes in government stop it from pushing for amendments to reforms.
Alice UribeAugust 28, 2018