Suncorp announces $350m write-down for Life business amid continuing industry headwinds....
The sustainability of the risk insurance market will depend on product innovation, as new risks and continuing pressure to cut premiums threaten to stifle traditional ins...
Best Interest Duty will require risk advisers to examine every life insurance policy held by a client even if not on their approved product list...
AMP chief executive Craig Meller has told shareholders the company is re-engineering its insurance business, believing recent customer behaviour may be here to stay....
Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....
IAG’s acquisition of Westfarmer’s NZ underwriting operations has gained trans-Tasman competition sign-off....
In this third of a three-part series on insurance claims, Col Fullagar rounds out the concept of claims management best practice by reviewing the role of analysis, resear...
Virgin Money has been fined more than $30,000 for misleading advertising related to its promotion of a life insurance product....
CommInsure tells advisers it will not continue to offer members the option of taking out new insurance through existing super accounts. ...
Many people are getting out of living insurance policies at age 45, one and half years before an average claim is usually made, life insurer TAL research revealed. ...
A recent Victorian Supreme Court decision has serious implications for risk advisers....
Skyrocketing life insurance claims have been grabbing headlines for some time now, but the impact on advisers – and the input of lawyers – has largely gone unreported, Cr...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...