INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Freedom Insurance Group has declared it will not be recommencing sales of life products as it deals with commissions-related liquidity issues and the reality of a client ...

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Financial planning

The latest report of the Banking Code Compliance Monitoring Committee has revealed that the number of complaints relating to financial advice was barely discernible when ...

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Financial planning

NEOS Life has appointed financial technology and infrastructure company, Sargon, as the new trustee of its Super Plan....

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Life/Risk

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....

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Awards

In the fifteenth year of the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards, MLC Life has maintained its top place on the podium as the Risk Company of the Year for 2...

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Funds management

Australian dividends were the weakest in the developed world with payouts falling 2.2 per cent, according to Janus Henderson....

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Expert Analysis

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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People & Products

OnePath has won the over Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Beddoes Institute 2018 Consumer Choice Award, with ClearView coming in second place....

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Financial planning

While annual reviews with financial advisers are the key to client and business success, only half of advisers are actually conducting them....

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Superannuation

The AIST has welcomed an announcement from the Federal Opposition that it will move to amend key measures in the insurance in superannuation package now before Parliament...

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Superannuation

The Government has agreed to make an exception of young and low balance superannuation fund members working in high-risk occupations from its opt-in legislation....

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Life/Risk

Shifting community standards and expectations are driving eight new trends in life insurance which may cost policyholders over $1 billion, according to a new report....

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Life/Risk

It will be early next year before Suncorp completes the sale of its life insurance business to TAL....

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Policy & Regulation

Urgent reform is needed to prevent insurers unfairly denying claims, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance. ...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Lawyers Alliance wants the Royal Commission to inject more transparency into insurance within superannuation to create awareness of sub-standard policy ter...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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