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Alliance formed to demand polluters pay their 'fair share'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... is increasing the cost of living. Further, the majority (83%) believe climate change is a major factor in increasing insurance premiums and food prices, while 82% believe that fossil fuel companies are exporting most of the coal, oil and gas they produce ...

Elston expands institutional reach

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... time, she worked closely with a wide range of institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance groups, official institutions and family offices. Elston head of adviser services Mark Smith said the timing of the appointment ...

AMP appoints sales lead for North

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... advisers across the country. Harry Georges has stepped into the role, bringing over 20 years of experience across advice, insurance, and platform distribution. Georges has led national and state-based sales teams at several organisations including iptiQ/Swiss ...

Super moves: TCorp, Mercer, Commonwealth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... NSW's sovereign investment manager. Bahramali joined TCorp from Resolution Life following eight years with QBE. At the insurance giant, he had two roles. He began his career as an investment analyst before transitioning to a planning and solutions ...

Acenda hires from Hostplus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Sammartino to the new role of general manager of superannuation partnerships, a key role in its drive for growth in group insurance. Sammartino, who began this week, brings nearly 30 years of experience in financial services, including superannuation ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... risk are bringing old paradigms to a new problem. "The snowballing impacts of nature risks are already affecting the insurance sector, leading to the threat of higher premiums and a growing arc of uninsurability. For companies, financial institutions ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has made changes to its insurance offering to provide Standard Default Cover members with a higher level of coverage at all ages, while also reducing fees for most age groups, while other age groups will see costs unchanged. From ...

La Caisse ups climate investment targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... climate-solution enablers. The CAD$473 billion ($536bn) investment group manages money for 48 depositors, primarily pension and insurance funds in Québec's public and parapublic sectors that represent six million people. La Caisse president and chief ...

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... fast for that," she added. Ming Long, a non-executive director of several organisations such as IFM Investors and QBE Insurance, observes the board community to be generally conservative. She urged directors to take the appropriate risks where necessary ...

Ascalon hires from SCM, Zenith and GQG

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... professional services firm. Before his 10 years with SCM, he served as head of strategic accounts and IFAs at NAB Wealth and insurance lead at MLC. He also worked at Colonial First State as head of platform distribution. Hawke, who will now oversee portfolio ...