LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, wants a time-limit imposed on late claims amid concerns that insurers are assessing claims which occurred decades ago....

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Financial planning

Financial services licensees should make it a point to highlight their conflicts of interests with life insurance companies to clients....

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Financial planning

Wesfarmers’-owned Coles is venturing further into financial services, announcing a joint venture business with GE Capital Australia. ...

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Life/Risk

Life insurer TAL declared it now provides “almost 100 per cent” equal pay for both male and female employees through its organisation....

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People & Products

Australia’s largest life insurer, TAL hopes the appointment of its new General Manager Strategic Finance, Edith Pfister, will secure the business’s ongoing growth....

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Life/Risk

There has been a jump in appetite for life insurance among Australians, particularly among generation X, TAL research showed. ...

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Life/Risk

If life insurance policies fail to meet the client’s – and adviser’s – expectations, certain questions must be answered, Col Fullagar writes. ...

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People & Products

AIA Australia has named Damien Mu, General Manager, Life Insurance of AIA Australia, as its next chief executive officer. ...

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Life/Risk

The current underinsurance crisis is forecast to worsen, as life insurance policies become a casualty of tighter household budgets, an academic believes....

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Superannuation

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) data showed life insurance net profit after tax stood at $2.7 billion, with super making up a huge chunk....

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Editorial

Advisers must look beyond the controversy from the recent Budget and determine what opportunities and risks it offers for their clients, David Glen writes....

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Financial planning

Financial advice clients were charged an average of $1800 each in fees last year, largely due to the growing basket of products they were sold by advisers and brokers, re...

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Life/Risk

Advisers must be extremely diligent about ensuring they fulfill their duty of care, as two recent court cases have shown. David Glen runs through the post-FOFA adviser ch...

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Life/Risk

AIA Australia will offer direct life to consumers under a deal with Bendigo Bank to offer bank branded insurance products. ...

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Financial planning

ANZ's OnePath has upgraded its OneCare insurance offering based on adviser feedback...

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