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The Path of Duty Down Under

September 2016Directors and Officers LiabilityInsurance

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on the priority duties owed by Australian life companies and their directors to policyholders and addresses how those duties operate where the policyholder is a superannuation fund trustee. It also analyses the very limited circumstances where an Australian life company may owe certain other direct duties to a member of an Australian superannuation fund.

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Catherine James

Acting General Counsel and Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Challenger Limited, Australia

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