LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has signalled a strong move away from product development and towards advice servicing, ending its investment in NEOS Life....

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Life/Risk

The Bank of Queensland has terminated the sale of its St Andrews’ Insurance to Freedom....

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Life/Risk

Just over 60 per cent of Australians are against subsidising life insurance premiums for people who are at higher risk of future illness based on adverse genetic test res...

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Life/Risk

A new survey has confirmed what most life/risk advisers already know, that clients dislike insurers which bury them in paperwork and inflict sizeable premium increases....

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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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Funds management

The Australian Securities Exchange has failed to protect the rights of investors, according to fund manager Allan Gray....

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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

Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be subject to more stringent education requirements or risk comm...

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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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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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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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Financial planning

Financial advisers have named their top three challenges and it’s no surprise education reforms are in the top spot. ...

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