Insurance & Property Investment News Australia

6 December

Life/Risk

Freedom Insurance hits life sales, liquidity issues

Freedom Insurance Group has declared it will not be recommencing sales of life products as it deals with

Reforms to education for advisers should include pathways for existing advisers, and risk advisers with decades of experience should not have to re-train.

26 November

Life/Risk

Call for more mandatory training in life/risk

Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be

23 November

Life/Risk

Life policy revenue up 11.5% in Sept quarter

APRA figures have shown an 11.5 per cent year-on-year rise in the Australian life insurance industry’s net policy

Five awards have been presented to talent in Australia’s life insurance industry at a gala dinner held in Sydney last night as part of the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Awards.

14 November

Life/Risk

New insurance standards to come at a cost to policyholders: report

Shifting community standards and expectations are driving eight new trends in life insurance which may cost

Westpac Group has announced the completion of a partial sell-down of its stake in BT Investment Management.

13 November

Life/Risk

Completion of Suncorp life sale to TAL delayed

It will be early next year before Suncorp completes the sale of its life insurance business to TAL.

13 November

Life/Risk

Freedom’s woes continue with CEO, board resignations

Within two months of the Banking Royal Commission’s insurance hearings decimating Freedom Insurance, its chief

12 November

Life/Risk

FSC looks to extend code to all “distributors”

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”.

12 November

Life/Risk

AMP claims vindication on Resolution transaction

AMP Limited has pointed to an Australian Securities Exchange decision as vindicating the nature of its insurance

Online data to grow to $1 trillion industry

7 November

Life/Risk

ANZ OnePath aims to give clients real-time policy

ANZ OnePath has rebuilt its insurance underwriting engine, the ultimate endgame of which is to give clients a

MetLife Australia has announced a campaign to raise awareness around group insurance within super as many Australians remained unaware they had it.

2 November

Life/Risk

Insurers perpetuating “stigma-laden policies”: APS

As the insurers scramble to navigate increasing mental health concerns, the Australian Psychological Society has

Retail funds will increasingly focus on the younger cohort of members as their balances rise and the older cohort begin drawing down their wealth and head towards retirement.

1 November

Life/Risk

Govt urged to drop insurance opt-in age to 21

The Federal Government has been urged to drop the minimum age for automatic insurance cover inside superannuation

YTML has this week announced a strategic partnership with risk specialist technology firm, Omnium, to deliver new offerings for advisers in the life insurance space.

31 October

Life/Risk

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Life/Risk

Freedom Insurance hits life sales, liquidity issues

Call for more mandatory training in life/risk

Life policy revenue up 11.5% in Sept quarter

New insurance standards to come at a cost to policyholders: report

Completion of Suncorp life sale to TAL delayed

Freedom’s woes continue with CEO, board resignations

FSC looks to extend code to all “distributors”

AMP claims vindication on Resolution transaction

ANZ OnePath aims to give clients real-time policy

Insurers perpetuating “stigma-laden policies”: APS

Govt urged to drop insurance opt-in age to 21

FSC to suspend genetic tests for life insurance

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