LIFE/RISK

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AMP Limited faces another period in the Royal Commission witness box today, this time focused on its insurance operations....

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New research has found that government-mandated insurance disclosure doesn’t help people make better purchasing decisions when it comes to insurance....

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The Royal Commission has heard that superannuation fund, Rest, acted in its insurer’s benefit, and not the benefit of its members....

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The Royal Commission has heard that TAL’s treatment of an insured not only denied the mentally ill customer assistance at various points of her claim, but also actively c...

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TAL has today faced rigorous questioning by the Royal Commission as to whether case managers and senior staff were incentivised to deny claims as quickly as possible....

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Direct life insurance is barely worth the paper it is written on, according to the chairman of life/risk-focused dealer group Synchron, Michael Harrison....

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Multiple TAL case managers appeared to have instructed investigators to attend hospitals and police stations under false pretences as part of what appeared to be a firm-w...

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The Royal Commission has heard of TAL’s invasive investigation methods for the purpose of avoiding the approval of income protection policies on the basis of non-disclosu...

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The Royal Commission has heard that CommInsure ran misleading and deceptive ads, with Commissioner Kenneth Hayne QC suggesting its reprimand by ASIC for doing so was ligh...

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The Royal Commission has heard that a CommInsure customer was denied a claim following breast cancer treatment, despite two doctors confirming to the insurer that her pro...

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TAL will today join ClearView and Freedom in being scrutinised by the Royal Commission on the failings of direct life/risk sales business....

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CommInsure was aware that its definition of “heart attack” for insurance claims was outdated and could potentially result in the rejection of otherwise legitimate claims ...

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