27 May 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will seek civil penalties and a compliance plan order against AMP Financial Planning after the group admitted its advisers churned clients through life insurance policies…
27 May 2019
Maritime Super has appointed MLC Life as its group insurer, to replace AIA Australia…
27 May 2019
Twelve life insurers, claims professionals and underwriters were recognised for their service to the industry at an awards night in Sydney…
27 May 2019
Zurich has opened a self-serve customer portal for life, super and investment clients…
27 May 2019
Financial planning education provider Kaplan will develop three bridging courses required by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority…
27 May 2019
Real Insurance will use the Google Assistant voice technology app to answer customers’ life insurance questions…
20 May 2019
Superannuation fund members must act promptly to retain their group life insurance, law firm Slater & Gordon says…
20 May 2019
MetLife is off to a rocky start in the retail life insurance market, CEO Richard Nunn has conceded…
20 May 2019
Yellow Brick Road is to offload, outsource or restructure its wealth division, including life insurance, to focus more on mortgage distribution, servicing and product manufacture…
20 May 2019
Advisers can now register for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam…
20 May 2019
Finalists have been chosen for the Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association’s Life Insurance Excellence Awards…
13 May 2019
The Financial Services Council has rejected the idea that civil penalties should apply to a voluntary industry code…
13 May 2019
TAL is to realign Asteron’s adviser-focused life insurance business with its own following a strategic review…
13 May 2019
The Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand has urged life insurers to respond more systemically to customer complaints, to uncover flaws in their product design, company conduct or processes…
13 May 2019
Unprofitable inforce individual disability income policies will dominate loss outcomes for the next decade until more profitable business grows, Rice Warner warns…
13 May 2019
Australians would rather talk to their partners about their past relationships than broach the subject of financial security if one of them dies, according to a study…
06 May 2019
The product design and pricing decisions behind disability income insurance may be harming the long-term interests of policyholders, the prudential regulator says…
06 May 2019
The Financial Rights Legal Centre and the Superannuation Consumers’ Centre want an independent inquiry into universal terms for insurance in super…
06 May 2019
AMP lost $1.8 billion from its wealth management arm last quarter as investors and superannuation fund members continued to dump the troubled group…
06 May 2019
Freedom Insurance will transfer its policy administration services to Genus Life Insurance…