life insurance

Superannuation

Superannuation funds' and investment banks' poor risk cultures were top of mind for respondents at the Actuaries Institute Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) seminar....

Superannuation

Members have been turning away from retail and corporate funds in favour of industry funds, a Deloitte report into Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) super...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds will pay $180.9 million in levies over 2012-13, including $121.5 million to fund the implementation of SuperStream, according to APRA....

Financial advice

ASFA backs FSI action on post-retirement and suggests suite of initiatives aimed at achieving a satisfactory outcome....

Financial advice

The FSC wants a statute of limitations on group disability claims to help stabilise premium prices....

Financial advice

Legislative amendments are planned to stem criticism that super funds could avoid paying tax through a loophole. ...

Insurance

APRA deputy chairman, Ian Laughlin, has identified the market power of industry funds and how it has influenced the group life market....

Insurance

New Rice Warner analysis points to a group insurance market dominated by those capable of handling fewer but larger funds....

Insurance

Despite development in women’s rights and opportunities Australian women are still behind men when it comes to having life insurance, according to research conducted by l...

Insurance

APRA's quarterly life insurance data showed the group risk market showed huge improvement in the December quarter compared to the March quarter....

Insurance

APRA warns that some group life insurers have still not addressed key structural issues....

Insurance

Consumers lack awareness on the details of their employer’s default super funds and how much life insurance they offer, general manager of Wealth Know How said....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 8 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 9 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 9 months ago

APRA has warned retail super trustees that financial adviser involvement in recommending platform products does not diminish their obligations, as regulators turned the s...

14 hours ago

The super fund announced that Gregory has been appointed to its executive leadership team, taking on the fresh role of chief advice officer. ...

15 hours ago

The deputy governor has warned that, as super funds’ overseas assets grow and liquidity risks rise, they will need to expand their FX hedge books to manage currency expos...

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