LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Fears of infection have seen a higher proportion of Australian high net worth investors seeking to buy life insurance cover, according to newly-released data....

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Financial planning

Challenger has reported a $0.9 billion decline in annuity sales as a result of the restructure of the bank-aligned advice network, as the firm issues its full year result...

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Life/Risk

Fewer claims would need to be paid if insurers were to only pay medical bills of sick workers, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. ...

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Life/Risk

The FSC has announced the extension of the frontline healthcare workers and total permanent disability claims initiatives until 1 January, 2021. ...

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People & Products

Gary Dransfield, chief executive, insurance (Australia) is to leave Suncorp, as the firm undergoes a leadership restructure. ...

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Life/Risk

AMP Limited has sold AMP Life for $3 billion but will retain a 20% holding in Resolution Life Australia....

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry’s own Life Code Compliance Committee has slammed the insurers for being so inconsistent that the committee has been unable to deliver meaningf...

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Life/Risk

Life/risk advisers have been caught in a bind as they find themselves at risk of clawbacks as they seek to help clients deal with financial hardship by winding back premi...

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Life/Risk

Those members of AustralianSuper who empty out their superannuation accounts via the Government’s hardship early release scheme will continue to have life cover worth $10...

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Life/Risk

Individual disability income insurance as the worst hit risk product at a loss of $1.4 billion over the year to March 2020, according to data. ...

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Life/Risk

The efforts of many clients and their life/risk advisers to write Agreed Value income protection cover before the 1 April deadline were stymied by the job COVID-19 job lo...

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Life/Risk

Financial Services Council member life insurers won’t deny total and permanent disability claims for those who lost employment because of COVID-19....

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Life/Risk

Life insurers have responded to a call to arms from Synchron to demonstrate how they are protecting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Life/Risk

Amid suggestions by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority that the Activities of Daily Living regime is “very tough”, the major insurers have flagged key changes ...

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Life/Risk

Life insurance commissions should be retained in the life/risk industry with no change to their structure, according to major insurer ClearView....

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