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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Western Australian insurance provider for breaches of various reporting, financial and other licensee obligations....

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Life/Risk

Australia’s major corporations may be neglecting their fiduciary duty to protect their investors by failing to adequately insure key personnel....

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Life/Risk

Life insurers told to properly define the nature of life/risk lapses or cop shorter responsibility period....

Life/Risk

Advised consumers were more likely to find insurance cover that matched their financial commitments and avoided the dangers of finding the right cover....

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Life/Risk

With the prevalence of obesity rising rapidly, TAL has adjusted its BMI calculation loadings to price risk more accurately....

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Life/Risk

Australia’s insurance industry is being urged to take a proactive and caring approach to supporting the rehabilitation of claimants with a psychological condition....

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Life/Risk

Predatory legal claims around TPD insurance should be rejected, with many jumping the gun and easily able to be defeated, according to a lawyer working in the insurance a...

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Features

Col Fullagar considers the difference between service and financial advice within the adviser value proposition framework amidst the debate around adviser remuneration mo...

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Life/Risk

Amid the continuing challenges confronting the Australian life/risk sector, a new reinsurer has entered the fray....

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Life/Risk

Industry fund Cbus has moved to TAL for its group life insurance offering following board approval....

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Life/Risk

Suncorp Group Limited has announced its full-year profits have increased to more than $1.1 billion for the year to 30 June 2015....

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Life/Risk

New research confirms Trowbridge impact with life/risk advisers moving to make comprehensive advice a greater part of their businesses....

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Life/Risk

Reinsurance cost savings could cushion impact of downturn in top-line growth for general insurers, research reveals....

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Life/Risk

Australian businesses are being urged to insure against the threats of cybercrime in the wake of data showing attacks are costing the nation $1 billion a year....

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Life/Risk

Financial advisers have been blamed alongside lawyers for pushing the multitude of claims which placed pressure on TPD products within superannuation funds....

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