The latest DEXX&R data confirm growth for the big five insurers in the group life arena....

The Federal Government has been urged to change the rules prohibiting insurers making payments to medical practitioners to help speed people’s return to work....

APRA has questioned whether lifting premiums represented an adequate answer to the problems confronting the group life market....

More than half of Australians who only have life insurance in their super are not confident in the level of cover they have, according to a survey....

The profit-sharing obligation between super funds and insurers conflict as super funds have an obligation to pursue claims, a superannuation lawyer believes....

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has downplayed suggestions of conflicts of interest in bonuses paid to superannuation funds by life insurers....

The Government and the Productivity Commission should pay heed to the superannuation industry’s unanimity around the value of insurance within superannuation....

Group insurers will adhere to the Financial Services Council’s new Life Insurance Code of Practice but super funds will set their own standards....

Challenger Limited has acknowledged the success of its relationships with superannuation funds as a major contributing factor for its record annuity sales....

CareSuper has replaced CommInsure with MetLife, following a group insurance tender process....

New data from DEXX&R appears to confirm that insurers have overcome the problems with respect to disability products....