LIFE/RISK

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Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....

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The life insurance market continues to grow, but many planners are still reluctant to take the risk. Liam Egan reports....

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ING has repackaged its entire life insurance range into a single product, introduced two new types of cover and will allow client to access family discounts, as part of a...

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It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...

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The corporate regulator has released a consultation paper detailing proposals to allow general insurers to operate without a licence and in a separate initiative, has pro...

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The life insurance sector has contributed to the underinsurance of Australians by over-engineering products so that they are poorly understood by customers, according to ...

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Only four per cent of Australian parents have enough life insurance cover to sustain their family’s lifestyle if either parent were to die, with 60 per cent - or 5.4 mill...

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Australians are underinsured to the staggering tune of almost $500,000, a new report has found....

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Over the past six months, life companies have expanded their existing product range to include stand-alone total and permanent disability (TPD) benefits and superannuatio...

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Unlike the majority of term and total and permanent disability (TPD) products, Protection Life from Aviva is payable after three months rather than six. According to Tim ...

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AMP has extended its Flexible Lifetime range, introduced enhanced product features and updated commission options in the risk and insurance areas....

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ZURICH Australia Insurance (ZAI) and Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) have pledged to clean up their corporate governance, after investigations identified claims that over...

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