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Legacy IT issues are seeing long-established insurers lose their competitive advantage to new players in the insurance space....

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AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

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More than a third of life insurance advice has not been appropriate according to a review conducted by ASIC....

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The Australian market’s current risk management offering is a poor fit for the real threats facing local businesses, most of which are “uninsurable”....

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A NSW insurance broker has been permanently banned from providing financial services after an ASIC investigation found he engaged in “dishonest conduct”....

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New research suggests recent surges in group life premiums have ceded an advantage to individually advised products....

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Col Fullagar explores the seldom-mentioned stressors associated with the claims process and their potential fallout....

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Suicide and total and permanent disablement (TPD) claims have totalled almost $350 million over a five year period between 2007 and 2011. ...

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Some major insurers have been guilty of subjecting policy-holders to undue stress at claims time, according to Money Management columnist, Col Fullagar....

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Choice has rejected APRA’s criticisms of insurance comparisons websites stating that its arguments are those “typically heard from vested interests that would prefer not ...

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CommInsure plans to make superannuation funded insurance more attainable and less financially painful for all Australians, with its latest offering. ...

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IOOF has partnered with three retail insurers in a bid to broaden the choice offered through its Pursuit channel. ...

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