life insurance

Insurance

All group life insurance should be “opt-in” according to ClearView managing director, Simon Swanson, in circumstances where the “cheapness” of group can be illusory....

Insurance

The voluntary approach to industry self-regulation in the life insurance industry is not working and needs compulsion....

Insurance

The financial services regulators have been urged to closely scrutinise the financial relationships which exist between life insurers and superannuation fund trustees....

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the while many superannuation funds will sign up to commit to the Insurance inside Superannuation Code of Conduct, for others it represents a brid...

Post retirement

Both the size and continued growth of Australia’s superannuation system make it the “opportunity of a lifetime” for providers who can offer flexible post-retirement appro...

Insurance

Genetic testing could have big consequences for the life insurance industry, risking both increased premiums and a loss of healthy consumers, the Actuaries Institute has ...

Insurance

AIA has called on the Government to remove legislative barriers to allow insurers to provide early rehabilitation and medical expenses....

Insurance

The Actuaries Institute has urged the Government not to go down the track of removing insurance as an integral part of superannuation, arguing the costs would outweigh an...

Insurance

AIA Australia has launched a program in partnership with Swiss Re and IPAR, which seeks to help members return to wellness after receiving cancer treatments....

Insurance

Even a small rise in the number of genetic tests could lead to significant increases in life insurance claims costs, according to the Actuaries Institute. ...

Insurance

A life insurance policy lapse is not the issue but rather if the advice given was poor, according to a panel....

Insurance

MLC has guaranteed that their existing life insurance policies would not increase at least until 1 October 2018, in a bid to give financial planners and their clients cer...

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