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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s latest Life Insurance Institution-level statistics publication has managed to paint a picture of the industry as it was u...
Policy & Regulation
Zurich has joined other insurers trying to capitalise on the current wellness trend by launching a health-tracking app that it hopes one third of new clients will use....
Life/Risk
The financial planning industry’s two major member associations have confirmed that they will be taking a joint approach to the regulator’s life insurance review, with re...
Financial planning
New research commissioned by the NZFSC has revealed many New Zealanders are taking a high-stakes gamble on managing risk....
Life/Risk
Zurich has flagged growing its business on the back of completing its acquisition of ANZ’s OnePath life insurance business....
Expert Analysis
Making sure clients are doing everything they can to boost their super is always a good idea, Laura Wright believes, and the lead-up to the end of the financial year is a...
Life/Risk
While the new design and distribution obligations for retail insurance products will impact insurers more, sellers of retail insurance products will still see some new re...
Financial planning
With the Royal Commission resulting in a tougher insurance market, organisations looking to get professional indemnity cover should act quickly to ensure they’re not left...
Life/Risk
ASIC will likely require some insurance code of practice provisions are strengthened before it approves the code, and these requirements may extend to other industry bodi...
Life/Risk
TAL has moved to consolidate its retail offering following its acquisition of Suncorp’s Asteron business and will take Asteron Retail off-sale from 1 July and trim staff ...
Superannuation
The standardisation of group insurance terms and conditions could help achieve some of the Banking Royal Commission’s recommendations, a leading insurance law firm has sa...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Financial Complaints Authority of significant consequences if professional indemnity insurance cover does not...
Superannuation
Specialist insurer PPS Mutual has today launched a risk-only super fund that would allow members to fund their insurance premiums via rollovers from their standard accumu...
Life/Risk
Changes to anti-hawking regulations likely won’t impact insurance advisers as their discussions with clients on risk products generally fall within regulatory definitions...
People & Products
Integrity Life has rolled out nine changes to its products in its latest technology release, as the newest player on the retail insurance market looks to make its mark....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...