INCOME PROTECTION

Financial planning

Based on enrolments in its industry-aligned courses, TAL Risk Academy has revealed the most commonly-sought areas of help for advisers in the last year....

Features

The life insurance industry’s losses have stemmed mostly from unsustainable income protection products, Jassmyn Goh writes, but will the new products help end bad habits?...

People & Products

The life insurer has launched two income protection products that allow most customers to have the maximum sum insured allowable with premium stability and product sustai...

Life/Risk

Consumers will have the choice between sticking with increasingly expensive features-rich income protection products or moving to more affordable products to be launched ...

Life/Risk

An under pressure OnePath has stepped up its efforts to cut its losses on income protection insurance by announcing a 25% increase in premiums for existing customers as w...

Life/Risk

Insurer Clearview has confirmed it will cease the sale of agreed value income protection policies from 31 March....

Expert Analysis

Many Australians will have insurance as part of their superannuation, writes SuperFriend’s Sandy Macleod, but could the industry do more to support its clients?...

People & Products

The fintech firm has launched a new online product comparison tool to help advisers compare the fees and features of over 1,000 superannuation, pension and investment fun...

Financial planning

ClearView has announced the removal of its financial advice segment from embedded value calculations as a part of a broader resetting of its business in 2H FY19....

Expert Analysis

The components of life insurance and income protection can seem like a maze. Col Fullagar turns the confusion to clarity by looking to the past to explain why each compon...

Life/Risk

Life/risk insurer, ClearView has announced new premium pricing in the face of claims experience and the economic environment....

Life/Risk

A new white paper has argued for the life/risk sector to adopt a new approach to income protection reflecting the reality of economic conditions and earnings....

People & Products

Zurich Insurance Group has launched a research program in conjunction with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. ...

Expert Analysis

With income protection insurance benefit commutations becoming increasingly prevalent and calls from the insured and advisers seeking assistance growing, Col Fullagar pro...

Life/Risk

Nearly a quarter of income protection claims involve mental health conditions, according to ANZ claims data....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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