INSURERS

Funds management

Fidelity is betting on gains for insurance firms in its Australian equity portfolios, at the expense of the big four banks. ...

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has issued a new Life Insurance Code of Practice for life insurers, introducing 50 additional consumer protections....

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Life/Risk

Allowing life insurers to fund mental health treatment is not the solution to Australia’s mental health crisis, according to law firm Slater & Gordon....

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Life/Risk

Amid suggestions by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority that the Activities of Daily Living regime is “very tough”, the major insurers have flagged key changes ...

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Funds management

Dividends in the financial sector could be cut by 41% this year, according to UBS, with total ASX 200 dividends expected to fall by $21.7 billion....

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn says the major life insurers have been shown to have been persistently ignoring their own code of conduct by a report from the Life C...

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Funds management

Industry funds-owned IFM Investors has maintained its relative silence on how it remunerates its executives, arguing that a key parliamentary committee is seeking more in...

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Life/Risk

Failure to address weaknesses in governance and culture could result in major financial losses, according to Finity. ...

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Policy & Regulation

A coalition of consumer groups has pointed to key changes to advice and life insurance resulting from the Royal Commission and insisted on no loopholes and no carve-outs....

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Life/Risk

The conditions attaching to some total and permanent disability insurance products sold inside superannuation made them tantamount to junk, according to consumer group, C...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will be imposing a climate change stress test on banks, insurers and superannuation funds....

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Life/Risk

Legislation surrounding the regulation of claims handling may have insurers and related parties look to fall under a single Australian Financial Services License to ease ...

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Financial planning

The Australian financial services sector must address six critical challenges in order to navigate risks and opportunities, according to the Australian Sustainable Financ...

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Superannuation

The commencement date for switching off insurance inside super for low balance accounts should be deferred to 1 October, this year, according to a leading superannuation ...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Planning Association has given its backing to the standardisation of terms and definitions with respect to insurance with MySuper products but has caused ag...

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