LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Retail giant, Coles, is expanding its financial services offering to include life insurance, with MetLife underwriting the venture. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service claims it will deliver on first round of changes to improve dispute resolution process...

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Life/Risk

Suncorp announces $350m write-down for Life business amid continuing industry headwinds....

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Funds management

CommInsure has been named winner of the Marketing Team of the Year for its work across five separate issues faced by the group in the past 12 months....

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Life/Risk

Best Interest Duty will require risk advisers to examine every life insurance policy held by a client even if not on their approved product list...

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Editorial

Life insurer TAL has managed to maintain profitability despite record claims payouts....

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Life/Risk

AMP chief executive Craig Meller has told shareholders the company is re-engineering its insurance business, believing recent customer behaviour may be here to stay....

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Life/Risk

Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....

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Financial planning

Two new directors have been added to the board of major insurer TAL. ...

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Financial planning

Building up a decent savings pool has been listed at a top priority for young Australians, ahead of leisurely pursuits, according to a pre-budget TAL survey. ...

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Superannuation

Zurich says it has been priced out of the Australian group life insurance space and plans to withdraw from the market. ...

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Life/Risk

Virgin Money has been fined more than $30,000 for misleading advertising related to its promotion of a life insurance product....

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Life/Risk

Many people are getting out of living insurance policies at age 45, one and half years before an average claim is usually made, life insurer TAL research revealed. ...

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People & Products

Life insurer TAL has appointed a chief risk officer to its senior executive team to bolster its risk management sector....

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Financial planning

Private health model for disability insurance could save government $8.5 billion, says the FSC....

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