LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

A life/risk adviser group has hit out against the FSC’s call for level commissions in the LIF, and accused it and the big banks of having undue influence on the Governmen...

Tools & guides

Holding personal insurance through super may be worth considering for the right client, and advisers need to be aware of not only the benefits but also the tax consequenc...

Financial planning

TAL launches initiative for cover to be increased online, without underwriting or paperwork....

Features

The life/risk sector still offers growth potential to the major insurers but, as Mike Taylor reports, new regulatory and capital requirements have made for a more challen...

Features

From a financial planning perspective, it is arguable that no sector has generated more change over the past three years than the life/risk sector. ...

Features

It has been a little over a year since Jim Minto retired as chief executive of big insurer TAL. It is 12 months during which he has taken the time to reflect on the shape...

Financial planning

Australians should think carefully before cancelling their life insurance policies, the AFA believes.....

Editorial

ASIC has signalled it will be closely examining the claims-handling of the major life/risk insurers, but Mike Taylor asks whether the regulator is simply the policeman wh...

Superannuation

A roundtable of superannuation industry executives believes super fund members are better off at claims time because of the protections offered by super fund boards....

Life/Risk

Life companies differing definitions and medical codes need to be in real customer language, ANZ’s Australia wealth MD believes....

Life/Risk

The life insurance industry needs to look at all health and well-being aspects of a person to create better outcomes, ANZ Australia wealth managing director believes....

Life/Risk

The life insurance industry needs to innovate to get engagement from millennials, industry experts believe....

Life/Risk

Life insurers are being urged to publish the data they use to assess risk, by the National Mental Health Commission....

Financial planning

Key consumer groups have been given a chair at the table of the FSC’s Life Insurance Code of Practice processes....

Financial planning

The award winners for the Financial Services Council’s fourth annual Life Insurance Awards have been announced....

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