LIFE/RISK

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The Financial Services Council has confirmed to a Parliamentary Committee that it wants life insurers to have the right to unilaterally amend policies provided it does no...

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The penalties applied to ClearView yesterday are proof of a wider issue of aggressive sales tactics within the insurance industry, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers....

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New survey data has confirmed that the online sales of life/risk insurance have been increasing exponentially – up 108 per cent over the past five years....

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AIA has urged the Government to consider legislative change that would allow life insurance companies to provide early rehabilitation and medical expenses....

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Integrity Group has acquired QBE Life in a transaction valued at $21.7 million with a rebrand to Integrity Life....

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A recent Government report has revealed the degree to which the Australian Taxation Office’s project aimed at encouraging people to declare overseas income boosted the ta...

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The latest DEXX&R data confirms life companies are improving their bottom lines amid declining policy discontinuances....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission appears to have been successful in persuading a key Parliamentary Committee of its view on life/risk advice and lapse...

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New research from Roy Morgan has revealed that it is the smaller life/risk insurers who have earning greater levels of consumer satisfaction....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made a strong pitch for further law reform to allow it greater scope to handle claims in the life/risk arena....

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Honan Insurance Group has linked with MBS Insurance to provide a new offering to clients....

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The Financial Services Council has claimed that ridding the life/risk sector of legacy products could save at least $94 million....

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