Member communication required to be sent out by underperforming funds doesn’t take into consideration the full product and could lead to members losing appropriate insura...
New business premiums for individual disability income insurance will drop 15% due to the prudential regulator’s product intervention measures, according to DEXX&R projec...
The prudential regulator is collecting more granular data on insurance premiums given the deteriorating experience in individual disability income insurance....
The Financial Services Council has released the second draft of the life insurance code of practice for public consultation. ...
The council has proposed to prohibit terms in MySuper group life policies that could cause a claim to be declined in default group life insurance in superannuation on the...
For the industry to solve concerns over insurance tied to stapled funds, it must address two different elements to the issue, according to MLC Life. ...
The sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services sees the bank’s exit manufacturing life insurance products and would release capital back to the bank....
The life insurer’s board has assessed that it will “not be appropriate” to repay JobKeeper funds after its 2020 calendar year net profit declined $4.6 million from the pr...
Insurance holders are feeling misled by 100% premium increases in ‘level’ policies but it is “tricky” to find an alternative label, according to the Australian Financial ...
Superannuation trustees have more work to do with their insurer to improve restrictive definitions, claims handling, and insurance data, according to the corporate regula...
There is “still a lot work to do” for life insurers regarding step premiums as the Australian Financial Complaints Authority reveals it is the most-frequent insurance iss...
The Institute of Public Accountants, The Tax Institute and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand have cautioned the ruling will have far-reaching consequences f...
The two entities have decided not to combine after reaching an impasse with the US Department of Justice. ...
Life insurance and group insurance inside superannuation will be exempt from the Government’s deferred sales model....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and the Financial Services Council have updated the code, but it has...
The life insurer will consider repaying the $2.4 million it received in JobKeeper payments to keep staff members as its profits did not fall last calendar year after bein...
Total in-force group risk premiums increased by 2.9% to $6.6 billion over the 12 months to March 2021, according to data. ...