LIFE/RISK

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Risk advisers need some relief from the harshness of clawback arrangements as life/risk clients move to cut their costs, according to the Association of Financial Adviser...

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When entering into a binder agreement both the insurance agents or brokers, and the insurer need to ensure the other party has the appropriate Australian financial servic...

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Barely a week after completing the acquisition of AMP Life, Resolution Life Australia appears to be scouting other in-force acquisitions....

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Stamp duty on life insurance is one of the most inefficient taxes in the economy and cost Australians $644 million in 2018/19, according to the Financial Services Council...

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AMP Limited has sold AMP Life for $3 billion but will retain a 20% holding in Resolution Life Australia....

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The life insurance industry’s own Life Code Compliance Committee has slammed the insurers for being so inconsistent that the committee has been unable to deliver meaningf...

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AMP has cleared all the regulatory hurdles to complete the sale of AMP Life to Resolution Life on 30 June....

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New data analysed by KPMG has confirmed insurers have paid out double the number of disability claims for policies sold through financial advisers....

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Slater and Gordon have filed a class action against the bank for selling customers “worthless” insurance....

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Life/risk advisers have been caught in a bind as they find themselves at risk of clawbacks as they seek to help clients deal with financial hardship by winding back premi...

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Those members of AustralianSuper who empty out their superannuation accounts via the Government’s hardship early release scheme will continue to have life cover worth $10...

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Individual disability income insurance as the worst hit risk product at a loss of $1.4 billion over the year to March 2020, according to data. ...

 

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