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Life/Risk
Consumers will have the choice between sticking with increasingly expensive features-rich income protection products or moving to more affordable products to be launched ...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....
Life/Risk
The FSC has announced the extension of the frontline healthcare workers and total permanent disability claims initiatives until 1 January, 2021. ...
Financial planning
The Australian government needs to remove excessive taxes that penalise investors in financial services, according to the Financial Services Council. ...
Life/Risk
Financial Services Council member life insurers won’t deny total and permanent disability claims for those who lost employment because of COVID-19....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has issued an undertaking on behalf of the major life insurers covering the rights of frontline health and other workers in the face of COV...
Superannuation
The Government’s income support package to help Australians in financial hardship brought by COVID-19 has been welcomed by the FSC that stressed that super should not be ...
Policy & Regulation
Experience in the United Kingdom suggests it may be a lot more expensive to recruit and retain senior executives under the Government’s proposed new Financial Accountabil...
Superannuation
The complexity of the superannuation system is a barrier to modernising legacy products, according to the Financial Services Council....
Policy & Regulation
Accountants, doctors and other should be excluded from the coverage of claims handling as a financial service and insurers should be allowed to continue giving ‘factual s...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has urged caution on the use of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s proposed heatmapping exercises when making comparisons bet...
Superannuation
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called on policymakers to implement a ‘default once’ system to help superannuation members maintain a single ac...
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has released ground-breaking new data revealing the impact of mental health on TPD claims....
Financial planning
Australia’s investment fees and expenses is one of the best in the world, according to a report....
Financial planning
Insurance firms should be prevented from pressuring people to buy products over the phone, according to the Financial Services Council. ...
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