The industry's failure to self-regulate on life/risk churn carries with it the risk of the regulator imposing regulations, according to Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden.
Addressing a Money Management/Financial Services Council forum, Brogden said a failure by the industry would likely see the Australian Securities and Investments Commission step in.
He said that for this reason the industry needed to heed the warnings of the regulator.
Brogden's statement followed on from a warning from ASIC commissioner Peter Kell that a problem with churn still existed in the industry.
The FSC chief executive pointed to recent data on policy lapse rates as underscoring the problem.
