disability insurance

Life/Risk

New report finds disability insurance market at risk of failure

A new Actuaries Institute Taskforce report has laid bare the fragility of the disability insurance market and has recommended changes to product ratings, a best interests...

Life/Risk

Life insurers still weighed down by disability products

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority life insurance data has revealed a negative picture of profitability being badly undermined by disability products....

Life/Risk

What does best interests really mean for disability insurance?

Actuarial research and ratings house, Rice Warner has pointed to the disability insurance problems facing the major insurers and the vexed question of best interests vers...

Life/Risk

APRA sets life insurers 8 week deadline on disability insurance

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has set the major life insurers an eight-week deadline to correct their issues on disability income insurance....

Life/Risk

Life policy revenue up 11.5% in Sept quarter

APRA figures have shown an 11.5 per cent year-on-year rise in the Australian life insurance industry’s net policy revenue to $17.9 billion in the September 2018 quarter....

Life/Risk

Disability insurance products risk unsustainability: APRA

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has shown concern that poor disability income insurance, reporting that the performance and sustainability of DII products ...

People & Products

Advisers stand to save time with OnePath PAW

ANZ OnePath’s Pre-Assessment Wizard can potentially help planners obtain on-the-spot information on the likely cost of life insurance for clients with specific known medi...

Life/Risk

Life/risk market data increasingly positive

The latest data from Dexx&r points to an improving outlook for life/risk insureres on the back of better lump sum and disability discontinuance rates....