INSURANCE

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Sydney-based firm, Core Insurance, for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. ...

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Life/Risk

The new LIF laws due to come into effect this year are filled with holes and lacks clarity around what would happen if there was a change of licensee and/or adviser, a la...

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Life/Risk

Australians are more willing to cut back on investment plans and life insurance than car insurance and mobile phones, a survey finds....

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Superannuation

Those employees who did not receive their entitled superannuation guarantee from employers risked being unable to access their insurance benefits through their super....

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Life/Risk

The Commonwealth Bank has lifted interest rates for homebuyers looking to fix their home loan in what RateCity has called a sign of what will come for rate variability....

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Life/Risk

The major life insurers have been told to do more and spend more on addressing legacy product issues rather than waiting on Government legislation....

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Life/Risk

CommInsure has received positive feedback from the launch of a tele claims service and updates to its product offerings....

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People & Products

The Insurance Council of Australia has appointed QBE Group COO, Colin Fagen, as its new chairman....

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Life/Risk

NZ insurer, Tower has moved to limit the impact of earthquakes on its bottom line by creating a new company to handle earthquake claims....

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Life/Risk

Negative publicity engulfing risk and life insurance has had an adverse effect on consumer perception of the products, which has seen a drop in satisfaction levels. ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have been warned to fix the problems which have seen super balances eroded by insurance premiums....

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Life/Risk

Independent reviews of retail advice and group in life insurance claims at CommInsure did not find inappropriate decline of claims, the Commonwealth Bank said....

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry cannot move on from LIF until performance guidelines are set, Bombora believes....

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Queensland authorised representative of an insurance product distributor after being sentenced for fraud and stealing....

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry is missing out on an opportunity by just having half a dozen providers on APLs without basis, according to a panel....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 5 days ago

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

5 days 2 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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