DISABILITY INSURANCE

Life/Risk

A new Actuaries Institute Taskforce report has laid bare the fragility of the disability insurance market and has recommended changes to product ratings, a best interests...

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Life/Risk

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority life insurance data has revealed a negative picture of profitability being badly undermined by disability products....

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Life/Risk

Actuarial research and ratings house, Rice Warner has pointed to the disability insurance problems facing the major insurers and the vexed question of best interests vers...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has set the major life insurers an eight-week deadline to correct their issues on disability income insurance....

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Life/Risk

APRA figures have shown an 11.5 per cent year-on-year rise in the Australian life insurance industry’s net policy revenue to $17.9 billion in the September 2018 quarter....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has shown concern that poor disability income insurance, reporting that the performance and sustainability of DII products ...

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People & Products

ANZ OnePath’s Pre-Assessment Wizard can potentially help planners obtain on-the-spot information on the likely cost of life insurance for clients with specific known medi...

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Life/Risk

The latest data from Dexx&r points to an improving outlook for life/risk insureres on the back of better lump sum and disability discontinuance rates....

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Financial planning

New APRA data confirms that disability-related products are continuing to drag on the bottom line of the major insurers....

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Awards

MLC has secured the top spot for the Super Risk Disability Income Product award, after coming in second last year....

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Life/Risk

APRA data combines with research from Munich Re to point to badly flawed disability insurance market....

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