Life insurance claims increase

10 April 2013
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Life insurance claim payments have jumped by 10.7 per cent over the last 12 months, breaking through $4 billion in claim payments, according to new figures released by the Risk Store. 

This total is only slightly lower than claim payment growth of 11.4 per cent in 2011. Claim payments have increased by 116 per cent since 2006. 

Any adviser not armed with this information was making it harder to communicate the value of a naturally intangible product, said managing director Peter Wincott. 

“It gives confirmation that advisers can communicate to clients that insurers actually do - when the rubber hits the road - pay out a considerable amount of funds each year to claimants,” he said. 

It provides a sense of comfort to existing clients about why they are paying their premiums, and combats potential clients’ cynicism about the insurance industry, Wincott said. 

Founder Sue Laing said that despite regulation overload, the insurance industry still manages to make an enormous contribution to Australians and the economy overall.

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