AIA and the Commonwealth Bank have translated the CommInsure acquisition into a 25-year distribution arrangement....

Newly-merged MBS Insurance and Complete Risk Analysis see potential for growth in the life/risk space despite the challenges....

Using life insurance APLs at institutionally-aligned advice licensees has the potential to breach best interests duty and most continue to funnel new clients into in-hous...

ASIC has found that 60% of ‘activities of daily living’ claims are declined and AMP, Asteron, and Westpac had decline rates higher than expected....

ANZIIF and LIPSWG have agreed to create a professional standards framework for the life insurance industry in a bid to lift confidence and create a significantly better e...

CommInsure has been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for offering to sell life insurance products via non-compliant unsolicited phone calls...

The Financial Services Council has released ground-breaking new data revealing the impact of mental health on TPD claims....

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has confirmed the turnover of around 20% of its advisers in the face of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Aut...

The Australian life insurance sector has never been more dominated by the big five life insurers but sales are decreasing, according to the latest data from Dexx&r....

A new survey has revealed that consumers are cooling on the purchase of life/risk insurance with the number of advisers actually involved also declining....

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority life insurance data has revealed a negative picture of profitability being badly undermined by disability products....