LIFE/RISK

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Advisers need to collaborate with claims managers, health professionals and customers to ensure customers experience optimal results at claims time....

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Risk advisers need to articulate the value of their advice to clients in light of LIF reforms as they look to charge clients fees for risk advice....

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Insurance product manufacturers need to enhance their offerings to ensure seamless transition from group or direct insurance into advised retail products. ...

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While the debate in the life insurance value chain has been fragmented over the last few years, customers will blame the entire industry when something goes wrong....

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AMP and the Black Dog Institute have designed a program to provide its staff and advisers the tools to manage difficult and challenging conversations about mental health....

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AMP Limited has cautioned that just because an insurance product is cheapest and top-rated doesn’t mean it fulfils the criteria of being in a client’s best interest....

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AIA now has 25 per cent of the life insurance market share with an in-force risk annual premium of $3.9 billion thanks to its acquisition of CommInsure, according to DEX...

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A new whitepaper has outlined an integral role for life/risk advisers in an increasingly digital age with insurers placing them in the online mix....

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The insurance in super code draft has made a down payment towards the reforms needed, Maurice Blackburn believes....

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The ISWG’s draft Life Insurance in Superannuation Code of Practice requires any opt out or cessation arrangements to be straightforward and transparent. ...

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Advisers can assess their business’ Life Insurance Framework readiness through AMP’s new resource hub....

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ASFA has found that while receiving an insurance payout is not a rare event under insurance costs the government more than $1 billion annually....

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