LIFE/RISK

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OnePath Life is remediating up to $35 million to over 40,000 customers who were sold life insurance policies over the phone between 2010 and 2016....

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Life insurance and group insurance inside superannuation will be exempt from the Government’s deferred sales model. ...

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Only one-third of surveyed consumers believe an advised life insurance product is better quality than an unadvised product, according to MetLife....

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The bank will sell its life insurance arm to Fidelity Life Assurance Company in its latest step to simplify the business....

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As previously announced, Allianz will enter into an exclusive 20-year agreement for the distribution of general insurance products to Westpac’s customers....

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Advice affordability is deteriorating and advice fees should be tax deductible, according to ClearView....

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The proposed stapling of superannuation funds may leave some members ineligible to claim against their own policy after paying premiums if they are injured or ill while w...

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While individual disability income insurance products recorded a loss of $0.3 billion over the year to end March, 2021, this was a $1.1 billion improvement on last year’s...

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Life insurers are not yet out of the woods on disability income insurance and should remain under scrutiny by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, according to...

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MLC Life Insurance has paid only two claims for customers with the COVID-19 virus as Australia manages to see low numbers of cases. ...

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The life insurer supports the Government’s plan announced in the Budget to develop a streamlined mechanism to transfer life insurance customers from old legacy products t...

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Despite rumours suggesting otherwise, the Financial Services Council says receiving the COVID-19 vaccine will not invalidate life insurance policies....

 
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