Good growth for income protection
30 January 2012
Income protection premium inflows were up 11.4% during the 12 months ending September 2011, according to research house Plan For Life…
30 January 2012
Income protection premium inflows were up 11.4% during the 12 months ending September 2011, according to research house Plan For Life…
30 January 2012
MLC has sealed a deal to provide additional voluntary levels of total and permanent disability cover for Qantas Super members…
30 January 2012
The suitability and cost of life insurance provided in default superannuation funds is to be reviewed by the Productivity Commission…
12 December 2011
The Financial Planning Association has called for some commissions on life insurance sold within superannuation schemes to be allowed…
12 December 2011
Total revenue for Australian life insurers has fallen from $23 billion in the year ending September 30 last year to $15.4 billion in the corresponding period this year…
12 December 2011
The growth in sales of income protection products will cause the life insurance industry some headaches unless they manage claims better, Asteron EM National Sales Mark Vilo says…
12 December 2011
Group life insurance will grow by 10% a year over the next 15 years, according to new research by Rice Warner Actuaries…
12 December 2011
ClearView has launched a private label platform that incorporates life insurance products and wealth management…
12 December 2011
Zurich Financial Services has promoted one of its NSW life insurance sales team, Stuart Meyers, to become NSW Regional Sales Manager Life…
12 December 2011
AIA Australia has responded to the growing incidence of severe diabetes by adding it as a crisis event to its Priority Protection product…
05 December 2011
The Federal Government has given itself an escape clause on the implementation date of the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
05 December 2011
The Financial Ombudsman Service has called for the opt-in proposals in the Future of Financial Advice Bill to be modified to deal with clients not responding to renewal notices…
05 December 2011
OnePath and Zurich Life Australia have been given a five-star rating by Canstar for the outstanding value of their business life insurance products…
05 December 2011
Count Financial CEO Andrew Gale has resigned after both shareholders and the courts approved the Commonwealth Bank’s takeover of the company…
05 December 2011
More people are taking out income protection and health insurance, according to the latest ANZ Survey of Adult Financial Literacy…
28 November 2011
Concerns have been raised over the “best interest” regulations in the latest Future of Financial Advice bill…
28 November 2011
MLC Insurance has launched a new website for advisers and clients with additional online functionality…
28 November 2011
Aon Hewitt has given members of its superannuation master trust the opportunity to increase their death and total and permanent disablement cover without medical evidence…
28 November 2011
Guardian Advice will be providing financial support for adviser principals wanting to sell their businesses…
28 November 2011
Standard & Poor’s has rated RGA Reinsurance of Australia’s life operations for the first time, giving it an AA- for financial strength and a stable outlook…