INSURANCE INDUSTRY

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....

Life/Risk

A swift move away from upfront commissions could spell the end of non-aligned advice, with only the large independents and aligned groups able to survive the inevitable d...

Life/Risk

The insurance industry has been allowed to “morph” itself into a financial advice profession blind-sided by hidden agendas, according to accounting firm, Chan and Naylor....

Editorial

The financial services regulators have sent a clear message to the life/risk industry about its past mistakes. ...

Editorial

Amid a good deal of fuss over how one insurance industry analyst referenced those making claims, Mike Taylor writes that the industry would be better looking at cause rat...

Life/Risk

Both APRA and ASIC express concerns at failure to learn lessons in life/risk sector....

Life/Risk

APRA deputy chairman claims insurers ignored the regulator’s warnings and ended up with self-inflicted wounds including premium increases of up to 150 per cent....

People & Products

Software and processing solutions firm SunGard Australia has appointed Grant Ives for its newly created role of director insurance solutions....

Life/Risk

The sustainability of the risk insurance market will depend on product innovation, as new risks and continuing pressure to cut premiums threaten to stifle traditional ins...

Financial planning

Two new directors have been added to the board of major insurer TAL. ...

Financial planning

The FSC has called for a statute of limitations on group disability claims to help stabilise premium pricing....

Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

Policy & Regulation

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, says the regulatory changes to FOFA will be ready by the end of this month....

Financial planning

ASIC warns that disclaimers attaching to financial services advertising claims must be displayed prominently....

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is often defined by its challenges, with under-insurance, lapse, regulation and competing direct propositions unlikely to disappear. Despite t...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

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...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

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

3 days 20 hours ago