LIFE/RISK

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has secured $102 million for customers who could have been mis-sold policies by Freedom Insurance....

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The Quality of Advice Review should make affordable advice a priority or risk advice being accessible only by wealthy Australians, according to MLC Life....

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Westpac has completed the sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited to TAL but expected to report a total after tax loss on sale of $1.37 billion....

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New business for disability income insurance has grown 2.5% after reaching a 10-year low last year while the attrition rate has grown for the first time in nine years....

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The Australian life insurance industry has announced the formation of a dedicated life insurance industry peak body that will launch later this year....

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The Financial Services Council has issued a new Life Insurance Code of Practice for life insurers, introducing 50 additional consumer protections....

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Commission should continue to be offered on insurance advice, according to The Advisers Association, and current commission rates are too low which was causing advisers t...

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Further changes to life insurance commission caps could see up to 87% of financial advisers stop providing standalone risk insurance advice, according to ClearView resear...

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The Financial Services Council has urged Australians who have lost their life insurance policies due to recent flooding to utilise the FSC’s services to help them find ou...

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Claims to the Insurance Council of Australia have reached almost 31,000 in a single day in relation to the flood emergency in Queensland and New South Wales....

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COVID-19 lockdowns and disruptions in advice distribution channels have led to the continued decrease of new business in the risk market, according to DEXX&R....

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The enforceable standard will remove 87% of all occupational exclusions and occupation based restrictive disability definitions that currently exist in the industry by 1 ...

 
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