LIFE/RISK

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New research has confirmed that clients highly value expert help when it comes to making life/risk claims....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has raised the possibility that some of the direct sales models being used by life insurance companies could breach t...

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AMP has launched a new video series and updated diagnostic tools for its Life Insurance Framework resource hub....

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The life insurance industry will be required to use uniform definitions following work by APRA and ASIC which found meaningful comparisons could not be made under current...

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BT Financial Group has today announced the expansion of its life insurance approved product list....

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ANZ Wealth has launched a new online platform, to better prepare advisers for the industry changes that will be brought in by the Life Insurance Framework reforms on 1 Ja...

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The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority analysis points to a life/risk industry still struggling to return to normal levels of profitability....

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Even a small rise in the number of genetic tests could lead to significant increases in life insurance claims costs, according to the Actuaries Institute. ...

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The current group life regime is skewed against individual superannuation fund members and is serving to enrich the insurance companies, according to ClearView....

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A life insurance policy lapse is not the issue but rather if the advice given was poor, according to a panel....

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The insurance sector faces systemic difficulties dealing with mental health coverage, the Actuaries Institute has found....

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Correspondence provided to Money Management has revealed why the Australian Securities and Investments Commission declined an FOI request to release documents relating to...

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