LIFE/RISK

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Insurance comparison website Choosi has responded to concerns raised by some risk advisers about its marketing strategy and service to consumers....

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New research from LifeInsuranceFinder.com.au has found that more than 65 per cent of Australians do not have adequate life insurance while almost 80 per cent have no inte...

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The life insurance sector has grown by around $200 million in the last quarter of 2012....

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It has been a decade since the risk industry embraced phone and online underwriting. But has this technology delivered on its promise? Chris Kirby writes....

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A group of financial advisers has taken to social media to raise concerns that insurance comparison website Choosi is misrepresenting its services to clients and leading ...

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APRA wants to remove the confidentiality status of data collected from Australia’s major insurers....

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We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

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The life insurance remains one of the more buoyant sectors of the financial services industry, according to the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulati...

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In the ongoing debate about risk insurance fees versus commission, it’s time to think about the financial adviser's value proposition, writes Col Fullagar. ...

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New research reveals many Queensland flood-hit businesses were either under-insured or inappropriately insured....

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A Victorian insurance broker has pleaded guilty to stealing over $660,000 of clients’ money over a seven-month period....

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Up to 30 per cent of Australians may have no personal insurance, according to new research released today by major insurer, TAL....

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