Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....
The life insurance market continues to grow, but many planners are still reluctant to take the risk. Liam Egan reports....
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Australians are underinsured to the staggering tune of almost $500,000, a new report has found....
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...
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 ...
AMP has extended its Flexible Lifetime range, introduced enhanced product features and updated commission options in the risk and insurance areas....
ZURICH Australia Insurance (ZAI) and Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) have pledged to clean up their corporate governance, after investigations identified claims that over...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...