Pricing obesity oppropriately

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TAL has recently adjusted the TAL BMI calculation loadings to provide a more accurate reflection of the risks involved. General Manager Retail Distribution, Niall McConville said that the Australian life... Read more continue reading

LifeInsuranceDirect.com.au questions premium price spike

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LifeInsuranceDirect.com.au is questioning whether the current spike in premiums on life insurance offered by insurers to consumers via financial advisers amounts to price gouging. “We have received letters from a... Read more continue reading

Contagion – A perspective

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Recent events in China have sent tremors across global equity markets. Understanding the sources of these tremors and their interplay with our twin themes of secular stagnation and contagion will... Read more continue reading

Tackling misinsurance – the must have conversation

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Zurich’s recently released white paper ‘Misinformed, Misinsured?’ has certainly created a stir in the industry by shedding light on the lack of knowledge and understanding Australians have when it comes to... Read more continue reading

Corporate profits – Can the US go it alone?

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US corporate profits have been going sideways since 2013, with both domestic receipts (share of profits emanating from US) and foreign receipts (share of profits emanating from the rest of... Read more continue reading

Small can be good for Australian super funds

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“It is too simplistic to only think that ‘bigger is better’ for all Australian superannuation funds,” said Raewyn Williams, Director of Parametric’s Research & After-Tax Solutions, at the 2015 Australian... Read more continue reading

SuperFriend unveils best practice framework for mental illness claims management

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SuperFriend, a not for profit mental health foundation formed by Industry Super Funds and their Insurers, yesterday released an Australian-first, evidence-based best practice framework to help Super funds, and their Group... Read more continue reading

The scourge of overconfidence

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Leaving in its wake sharp equity market retracements globally, efforts to stem falls and to revalue the currency in China, more commodity price decimation, mediocre earnings results and sharply increasing... Read more continue reading

China: What’s really behind the currency move?

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China’s decision earlier this month to change the way in which the central parity or “fix” rate of the renminbi (RMB) is determined has been widely characterised as a devaluation... Read more continue reading

Who gets my super when I die?

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For many people it might come as a surprise to learn that the most important estate planning tool for dealing with the payment of their interest in a superannuation fund... Read more continue reading