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Life insurers in search of new business need to curb irrational practices and income protection benefit periods should be shortened to reduce premium increases, according...
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The industry needs to work together to move clients in closed income protection insurance products to more sustainable products and to manage the inforce book, according ...
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Despite specialist risk advisers unable to currently grow their businesses, the need for life insurance is emphatic and new advice models will help their future, accordin...
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Colonial First State will reduce insurance premiums on its FirstChoice Employer Super, Essential Super, FirstChoice Personal and FirstChoice Wholesale Personal products d...
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While investment market performance boosted the industry’s financial performance to $1 billion in FY21, individual disability income insurance continued to report losses....
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Risk specialist advisers will have a tough time growing new business as the life insurance market continues to shrink and the cost of advice continues to rise....
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Only half of Australian institutional investors say engaging on environmental issues such as climate change or the use of fossil fuels are the most important stewardship ...
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The prudential regulator is collecting more granular data on insurance premiums given the deteriorating experience in individual disability income insurance. ...
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New business premiums for individual disability income insurance will drop 15% due to the prudential regulator’s product intervention measures, according to DEXX&R projec...
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The Financial Services Council has released the second draft of the life insurance code of practice for public consultation. ...
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The sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services sees the bank’s exit manufacturing life insurance products and would release capital back to the bank. ...
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The life insurer’s board has assessed that it will “not be appropriate” to repay JobKeeper funds after its 2020 calendar year net profit declined $4.6 million from the pr...
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