A focus on legacy products has become one of the biggest barriers to innovation and the industry needs to be prepared to bear the burden of investment in improving those ...

The Federal Opposition says it is willing to listen and be convinced about life insurance and commissions....

New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed the value delivered by life/risk advisers while pointing to the continuing problematic n...

Life insurers will find their ability to use offshore reinsurers limited by new moves being pursued by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. ...

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

TAL is acknowledging the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s pursuit of charges against in the Federal Court but pointing out that the regulator did not wi...

Big insurer, TAL has been found guilty in the Federal Court of breaching its duty of utmost good faith under the Insurance Contracts Act with respect to an income protect...

In a similar way to mortgage brokers, life/risk advisers are going to have to make their case if they want to retain commission-based remuneration structures....

New Zealand life and health insurance provider Partners Life has chosen FINEOS as its new claims system....

Scaled advice may reduce the cost of advice, but in the case of life/risk insurance, it may not adequately cover the best interests duty for the client....

Just 18 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivering its review of the Life Insurance Framework a serious contradiction has emerged – s...