07 August 2023
MLC Life Insurance has urged the Federal Government to lift restrictions barring life insurers from providing customers with “simple advice” about their insurance needs...
07 August 2023
BlueInc founder Russell Howden, whose businesses were found to have engaged in “unconscionable conduct” when selling life and funeral insurance, has filed a notice of appeal to the Federal Court...
07 August 2023
Financial advisory firm Morrows and risk insurance licensee Bombora have joined forces to offer specialised insurance advice for businesses and individuals...
07 August 2023
PPS Mutual has expanded its membership eligibility criteria, allowing more professionals across several new disciplines to access its life insurance offerings...
31 July 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority says life insurance complaints totalled 1898 in the year to June, down by almost a quarter from 2482 a year earlier...
31 July 2023
Life insurers have raised concerns with an Australian Financial Complaints Authority proposal to make a rule change in relation to settlement offers...
31 July 2023
A dispute over a life insurance policy that was sold in 2006 has set out how the Australian Financial Complaints Authority applies its six-year time limit rules...
31 July 2023
Life insurer AIA is presenting an eight-part mental health conversation series with some of the country’s top sports stars such as Ash Barty and Ian Thorpe about their experiences and how they overcame their psychological struggles...
24 July 2023
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission last week temporarily banned the sale of a life insurance product for the first time, using its design and distribution obligations powers that commenced in October 2021...
24 July 2023
Life insurers have responded to an initial Australian Securities and Investments Commission review of the industry’s compliance with design and distribution obligations laws as the regulator warns of a tougher enforcement approach, including more sales ban orders...
24 July 2023
Life insurers offering group insurance must provide better customer outcomes, Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones said...
24 July 2023
MLC Life has named experienced industry executive Brett Pickett as its new Head of Group Pricing...
24 July 2023
Star players from English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur have shared a kickabout with youth Perth athletes as part of an AIA-hosted event...
24 July 2023
MLC Life Insurance is improving its one-stop-shop Vivo holistic health, wellness and recovery program...
17 July 2023
Advisers have communicated their cost concerns to Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones, particularly in relation to an expected rise in annual levies paid to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...
17 July 2023
Colonial First State Investments has reached an in-principle agreement to pay $100 million to settle a class action claim in relation to adviser commissions and fees charged to super members between July 2013 and June 2020...
17 July 2023
An Australian Financial Complaints Authority panel has told an insurer to review its decision to knock back income protection cover for a policyholder, saying it was not “fair and reasonable”...
17 July 2023
Financial planning software provider Asendium has partnered with broker LML Insurance Group to offer professional indemnity insurance to advisers struggling with soaring premiums...
17 July 2023
ASX listed life insurer ClearView Wealth has announced new executive appointments it says will accelerate its transformation and growth...
17 July 2023
MLC Life Insurance says sustainability has been top of mind in its new North Sydney office...