LIFE/RISK

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The new LIF laws due to come into effect this year are filled with holes and lacks clarity around what would happen if there was a change of licensee and/or adviser, a la...

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Singles could look to join forces with non-romantic partners to help tap into the property market, according to ME Bank....

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Australians are more willing to cut back on investment plans and life insurance than car insurance and mobile phones, a survey finds....

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Increasing numbers of consumers are preferring to use the internet to fulfil their life insurance needs with many reluctant to pay for advice....

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Dissatisfied home loan customers and a slide in branch banking dragged satisfaction levels down with the major banks in the lead up to the holiday period....

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The Financial Planning Association says competition between life insurers themselves cannot be ignored as a contributor to consumers making policy changes....

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Major insurer, TAL has pointed to high levels of satisfaction with direct insurance and an emerging ‘new direct’ model driven by changing consumer behaviour....

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Most Australians still associated home ownership with security and wealth and as part of the ideal Australian dream....

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Parliamentarians need to understand that the major life insurers, not advisers, set and control the dynamics of the life insurance industry, according to the AIOFP....

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Insurers have been accused of manipulating policy definitions to create “junk insurance”, particularly with respect to permanent disablement, according to Maurice Blackbu...

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Life insurance provider Asteron Life has launched a new campaign to feature positive customer stories of overcoming adversity....

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The Commonwealth Bank has lifted interest rates for homebuyers looking to fix their home loan in what RateCity has called a sign of what will come for rate variability....

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