New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed the value delivered by life/risk advisers while pointing to the continuing problematic n...

Life insurance claims specialist, Col Fullagar says life insurers appear to be falling back into their bad old ways, including using the Government’s COVID-19 stimulus me...

Synchron has issued an urgent call for life insurers to clarify responses to the new Unfair Contract Terms regime. ...

The corporate regulator has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Statewide Superannuation for its representations on insurance cover. ...

Mike Taylor writes that while significant consolidation has occurred within the Australian life insurance industry, profitability remains a key challenge....

From the implementation of the FASEA regime through to the recommendations of the Royal Commission, Mike Taylor writes, a lot had changed before the Australian Securities...

Scaled advice may reduce the cost of advice, but in the case of life/risk insurance, it may not adequately cover the best interests duty for the client....

Just 18 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivering its review of the Life Insurance Framework a serious contradiction has emerged – s...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has used its 2020 Year in Review to point to the profitability struggles of the life insurance industry....

Financial advisers should be granted as much leeway as lawyers in providing assistance with insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....

Over 30% fewer superannuation fund members have been revealed as having life insurance and total and permanent disability cover as a result of the Government’s successive...

In a boost to the company’s struggling technology services, it has appointed Rick Wingfield as chief innovation and transformation officer....

Superannuation funds negotiating new group insurance arrangements will have to prove and certify that they are in the best interests of members....

Members are now able to obtain more insurance cover without the need for underwriting....