COL FULLAGAR

Life/Risk

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

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Col Fullager examines examples of poor insurer conduct and how the firms could have behaved better towards the client....

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Submitting an insurance claims form requires preparation, writes Col Fullagar, and while this may take time, it will save time and be appreciated by clients in the long r...

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The major insurers have been faced with some key challenges as a result of COVID-19. Col Fullagar looks at the issues and the implications resulting from the pandemic....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that few, if any, of the major players are arguing that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority got it wrong with its major intervention with re...

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Life insurers are under the spotlight of APRA over their handling and the sustainability of disability income insurance claims, writes Integrity Resolution’s Col Fullagar...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Federal Court case against major insurer, TAL, will test the circumstances and extent to which life insurers can ga...

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With many individuals unknowingly finding themselves without life insurance as a result of low super balances, Col Fullagar outlines whether the conduct of insurers has i...

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The components of life insurance and income protection can seem like a maze. Col Fullagar turns the confusion to clarity by looking to the past to explain why each compon...

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Replacing insurance cover can be complicated and fraught with risk. Col Fullagar outlines steps advisers can take to navigate conversations with clients around this and e...

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Delays, both unreasonable and not, are entrenched deeply in the insurance claims process. Col Fullagar outlines why these delays occur and the deep damage they can cause ...

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With income protection insurance benefit commutations becoming increasingly prevalent and calls from the insured and advisers seeking assistance growing, Col Fullagar pro...

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Col Fullagar tells five short stories that may be suitable as bedtime reading for those interested or involved in the Royal Commission....

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Features

Col Fullagar looks at when an insurer’s statement on income protection are taken as facts but are, in fact, bollocks....

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Features

Col Fullagar reviews ASIC’s life insurance industry report and finds there are some serious issues in the claims management protocols of potentially all insurers....

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