INSURANCE

Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has backed life insurers playing a greater role in injured worker rehabilitation subject to a unified approach with other i...

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Policy & Regulation

The Kiwi regulator’s thematic review on replacement business practices in the insurance industry has a number of important findings for the sector, according to the Finan...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged giving consumers the right to take legal action against insurers who breach the Financial Services Council’...

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Life/Risk

Self-regulation would not be an adequate protection if life insurers were permitted to participate in worker rehabilitation, according to mental health body, beyondblue....

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund records are not always accurate enough to determine when a member is really inactive, meaning some people could be significantly disadvantaged by move...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has urged the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to make the claims-handling performance of the major life insurers public, ...

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Superannuation

New data presented to a Senate Committee has revealed that around $560 million in life and disability claims were paid to super fund members with less than $6,000 in thei...

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Life/Risk

While 90 per cent of firms are confident of their capability to respond to crises, only 17 per cent have tested their preparedness, according to a Deloitte study....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that removing the compulsion from insurance inside superannuation for those aged under 25 will have serious i...

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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

MLC Life Insurance has appointed chief underwriter of HSBC in Hong Kong, Mick Jones, as the new head of underwriting....

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Life/Risk

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data confirms AMP Limited’s insurance roots remains strong....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has backed calls for life insurer involvement in injured worker rehabilitation with new research....

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Expert Analysis

Col Fullagar tells five short stories that may be suitable as bedtime reading for those interested or involved in the Royal Commission....

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Life/Risk

There would need to be an alignment of the various state and territory workers’ compensation jurisdictions to enable life insurers to participate in getting injured worke...

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