life insurance

Insurance

The Breast Cancer Network of Australia has warned against making insurance within super ‘opt-in’ pointing to the problems already encountered by super fund members suffer...

Insurance

Life insurance product comparison websites do not provide the same level of service as advisers but receive a similar commission level, according to Rice Warner....

Insurance

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have kicked off the pilot project aimed at improving life insuranc...

Insurance

An additional layer of assistance to help consumers make a claim would add more confusion and would be seen as a way to discourage consumers from making a claim, a panel ...

Insurance

Further regulation for the life insurance industry was not necessary as self-regulation is efficient, less costly, and less time-consuming, according to the FSC....

Insurance

Misalignment in what people are told financial services providers are going to do is the heart of where self-regulatory codes break down, according to a panel....

Insurance

ASIC is set to send issue notices to super trustees to investigate their insurance arrangements....

Insurance

ASIC has examined 60,000 documents as part of its CommInsure investigation and will deliver its findings by the end of the month....

Insurance

A guidance note on group insurance data to improve consumer outcomes has been jointly released by life insurance and super bodies....

Insurance

New research released by Pacific Life Re and Maurice Blackburn suggests lawyer advertising helped create a super insurance claims spike in 2013 but has been less effectiv...

Insurance

A Parliamentary Committee has been told super funds need to be much clearer with members about the manner in which insurance premiums can erode account balances....

Insurance

ANZ is arguing that a six-year time limit on late notified TPD claims could drive valuable premium reductions for super fund members....

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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. ...

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Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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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...

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

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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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