DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Life insurers are not yet out of the woods on disability income insurance and should remain under scrutiny by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, according to...

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Life/Risk

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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Expert Analysis

Life insurers are under the spotlight of APRA over their handling and the sustainability of disability income insurance claims, writes Integrity Resolution’s Col Fullagar...

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Life/Risk

The Actuaries Institute has produced a report to underpin its call for a radical overhaul of disability income insurance in Australia which it claims has become highly un...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has ruled a line under the use of Agreed Value disability insurance policies declaring their use must cease....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has intervened in the disability income insurance market imposing capital requirements on insurers....

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Financial planning

Disability income insurance products and the way they have been designed do not work well for prolonged periods of disability or chronic conditions, according to the anal...

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