LIFE/RISK

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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People & Products

Integrity Life has expanded its retail team with two senior appointments....

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Awards

In the fifteenth year of the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards, MLC Life has maintained its top place on the podium as the Risk Company of the Year for 2...

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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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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

The Federal Government has been urged to drop the minimum age for automatic insurance cover inside superannuation to 21, rather than age 25....

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm, Maurice Blackburn has labelled the Financial Services Council’s failed bid to have life/risk insurers allowed involvement in worker rehabilitation as ...

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Policy & Regulation

Life insurance companies are now under a legal obligation to provide consistent data on claims and disputes to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Aust...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that Australia’s major life insurers are continuing to face a highly competitive and dynamic market driven by a range of factors, not least the Royal C...

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Life/Risk

Industry superannuation fund REST has filed a breach report with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after admitting to failings during the Royal Commiss...

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Life/Risk

The Royal Commission has raised the issue of the enforceability of the life insurance code of practice, with the Financial Services Council facing tough questions on whet...

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Life/Risk

Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane, has admitted to the Royal Commission that insurers effectively pay for their products to be sold by advisers....

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Features

The chair of life/risk focused dealer group Synchron, Michael Harrison claims the Royal Commission has highlighted the gaping chasm which exists between the high value pr...

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