LIFE/RISK

Editorial

The Royal Commission has laid bare appalling practices within some of the insurance call centres, making direct life/risk sales something which may bring into question th...

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Allianz attempted to either change or kill two separate independent reports into its compliance procedures that were unfavourable to the insurer’s processes, the Royal Co...

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The Royal Commission has heard that Allianz is checking past compliance issues to see if they should have been reported to a regulator, in addition to its approximately 1...

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The Royal Commission today heard that AMP failed to refund members’ estates for fees charged on life insurance after AMP knew they had died....

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AMP Limited charged a non-smoker $72,000 worth of premiums designed to be for smokers under a system that required non-smokers to submit a declaration identifying themsel...

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The Royal Commission has heard that TAL’s treatment of an insured not only denied the mentally ill customer assistance at various points of her claim, but also actively c...

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TAL has today faced rigorous questioning by the Royal Commission as to whether case managers and senior staff were incentivised to deny claims as quickly as possible....

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Multiple TAL case managers appeared to have instructed investigators to attend hospitals and police stations under false pretences as part of what appeared to be a firm-w...

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The Royal Commission has heard that CommInsure ran misleading and deceptive ads, with Commissioner Kenneth Hayne QC suggesting its reprimand by ASIC for doing so was ligh...

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The Royal Commission has heard that a CommInsure customer was denied a claim following breast cancer treatment, despite two doctors confirming to the insurer that her pro...

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CommInsure was aware that its definition of “heart attack” for insurance claims was outdated and could potentially result in the rejection of otherwise legitimate claims ...

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Freedom’s retention practices make it “unnecessarily difficult to cancel [insurance] policies” with just 28.5 per cent of customers trying to cancel funeral insurance cov...

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Freedom received 72 cancellation calls a day from customers for its funeral insurance policy over a 13-month period, with 13 per cent of those calls coming during the fir...

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Australian insurers are behind their international counterparts in readiness for new major new accounting standards, a survey by KPMG has shown....

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Freedom ended dubious sales practices for four insurance products just days before appearing before the Royal Commission, then failed to disclose this information to the ...

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Rob

Hello, nice article. So, pave will be sold on the ASX?...

11 hours ago
JOHN GILLIES

GREAT EXAMPLE OF A GOVT DEPT SHIRKING IT'S RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY WERE GETTING A BIT TOO MUCH WORK.NONE OF THE REST OF U...

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JOHN GILLIES

I really don't know what makes these guy's tick to think they can get away with it, it's the height of stupidity! They c...

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Underestimating the cost of insurance by almost $75,000 in a Statement of Advice is among multiple reasons that a relevant provider has faced action from the FSCP. ...

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A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his third budget, outlining the government’s macroeconomic forecasts and changes to superannuation....

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