Risk People as at 30 June 2016
/- Zurich restructures, appoints COO, COO and CTO resigns
- Suncorp's chief risk and legal officer steps down
- AFA Adviser/Practice of the Year Award 2016
- AFA-Beddoes consumer choice preliminary award winners announced
Risk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 30 June 2016
/- CommInsure updates SPDS
- PMC Underwriting launches automated underwriting service
- AIA Australia partners with AdviserLogic for data feeds
- Munich Re selling Australia and New Zealand insurance business
- ACT reduces stamp duty rates on life and general insurance
Risk People as at 16 June 2016
/- MLC appoints sales GM
- AFA launches consumer-based award for life insurers
Risk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as of 16 June 2016
/- ANZ heart attack definitions update
- AIA offers adapted Vitality program to advisers in trial
- Elders adds two new practices to its advice group
- Zurich merging general and life operations
- Allianz pet insurance compensation paid
Roy Morgan: insurance brokers still faring poorly on trust scale
/Insurance brokers, in all their incarnations, are still as a group not well-trusted by the public.
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Read MoreEmerging risks - trust, meat, and genes
/Swiss Re's latest SONAR report details the top 21 risks the insurance industry is facing, from meat to climate change.
Read MoreRisk People as at 31 May 2016
/- Zurich appoints head of digital in life and investments, chief claims officer, and head of commercial distribution
- TAL appoints general manager of health services
Risk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 31 May 2016
/- ANZ insurance updates, discounts
- ANZ may sell insurance arm
- AIA launches wellness program for advisers
- AXA divests tobacco stocks
- CommInsure appoints independent review expert
Risk People as at 19 May 2016
/- MLC appoints GM of MLC Advice
- AFA Rising Star Award nominations open
- FPA appoints head of education
Risk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 19 May 2016
/- TAL's group life goes mobile-friendly
- TAL now offering self-service policy upgrades
- Zurich launches new risk adviser portal
- Zurich implements adviser education program
- AZ NGA buys another advisory practice
- Suncorp: swipe right to cover your laptop, phone, or bike
ASIC to offer fintech startups a sandbox to play in first
/ASIC's Innovation Hub is to offer fintech startups even more assistance by giving them a safe place to play. That is, a regulatory sandbox exemption to test out new ideas without the repercussions of a fully-fledged business.
Read MoreIs financial advice going down the gurgler? Trust in advice plummets
/RaboDirect's five-year study on Australians' financial health has offered some surprising glimpses into how consumers feel about advice, and the results are not great.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 3 May 2016
/- Zurich offering discounts for combined cover
- Sunsuper removes waiting period on TPD
- Asteron launches fee for advice payment tool
- Suncorp buys app developer
- AZ NGA buys new advice practice
- Government announces no need for current advisers to get degrees
Risk People as at 3 May 2016
/- New appointments at Paradigm and ANZ
- NAB advisers get new education booster
- AFA Education Award nominations are now open
- IFA Excellence Award nominations closing soon
Fathering kids past 30 - male fertility myths unwound
/Did you know that if your father was over 40 when you were conceived, you had a 70 per cent chance of developing brain or nervous system tumours as a child? Male fertility myths become critical information for older parents - and insurers?
Read MoreThe rise and rise of pet insurance
/Pet insurance is actually more like a reimbursement scheme than true insurance, but is an untapped market - people love their pets, sometimes more than humans, so having their care subsidised is a no-brainer.
Read MorePeer-to-Peer Insurance - how it works and why people like it
/Loss and gain sharing via mutual agreement is now back in fashion with peer-to-peer insurance models. It's interesting, not simple, and at the moment, not as useful as it might be for all types of insurance. We discuss.
Read MoreRisk Product and Company Updates as at 19 April 2016
/Zurich updates client tool; peer-to-peer insurance models hit Australia; AZ NGA buys advisory group; Infocus invests in new practice; and the Government has released its draft life insurance guidelines.
Read MoreHow old people are taking over the world
/For a while now, growing older has been commensurate with becoming increasingly irrelevant, but new studies are showing that getting our elders back on board in life makes for good economics.
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