LIFE/RISK

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a new draft document outlining how financial advisers and licensees will need to seek variations to thei...

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Life advisers may have thought commissions attaching to BT Life policies sold before 2013 were safely grandfathered. They were wrong....

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Placing consumers and their treating doctors at the centre of the decision-making process will improve outcomes and reduce the claims costs for life insurers to keep prem...

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A Federal Opposition frontbencher has been warned against misinterpreting Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data to suggest that group TPD insurance delivers bet...

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The Life Code Compliance Committee is to be given the power to impose sanctions on life insurers if they fail to live up to their obligations under the Financial Services...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lifted the lid on the underlying methodology of its Life Insurance Framework review. ...

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Fixed term level premiums will give more certainty for clients and will become the norm in the future but there has not been a proper level premium for a fixed term produ...

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New research from KPMG has confirmed the degree to which COVID-19 impacted the Australian life insurance industry already on the back foot and facing revenue and profitab...

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St Andrew’s insurance is set to become an independent player in the Australian market after being sold by the Bank of Queensland to investment player, Farmcove Investment...

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MLC Life’s new chief of life insurance, Sean McCormack, has acknowledged the adverse impacts of the company’s technology changes but says the company is accepting its res...

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The newly-raised capital will be used to support the expansion of operations and continued development of its digital-led insurance offering....

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Insurance claims for mental health injuries have risen by 80% since 2017, according to Allianz, with firms now seeking to address mental health in the workplace....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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