Direct insurance under the pump as review finds higher denial rates
/Claims denials for direct policies were as high as retail and group policies put together.
Read MoreASIC's review of life insurance claims
/ASIC has released its review into the claims processes of the Australian life insurance industry.
Read MoreLaunch of standard trauma definitions
/The FSC has laid out its proposed standard trauma definitions for cancer, severe heart attack, and stroke.
Read MoreAFA: members vote for LIF
/After the AFA's EGM, the vote to remain in support of LIF reforms was laid.
Read MoreRisk People as at 18 October 2016
/- New AFA life insurance sub-committee set up, taking nominations
- CBA appoints new chair
- AFA awards
Risk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 18 October 2016
/- TAL offering recipes, healthy lifestyle info
- AMP launches new advice practice
- NAB and Nippon Life close deal
Domestic violence contributes to poor financial wellness and low super
/Women in Super has launched its domestic violence charter.
Read MoreTrust in banks low, new options exciting
/Consumers are getting excited about finally having some viable alternatives to traditional banking, which has held the market hostage for far too long.
Read MoreFPA working with unis to provide better financial advisory education
/The three states that don't currently provide financial planning courses or education at university level are now in talks to solve the issue.
Read MoreTaking issue with insurance within super - how it's not working as well as it might
/We take a quick look at what some are saying about how insurance within super should change.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 4 October 2016
/- Specific wording changes to Macquarie Life's products inside Zurich
- Combined powers: new financial advisory Evans Dixon
- NGS Super migrates to TAL, terminating CommInsure
- LIF reforms to be delayed until 2018
Risk People as at 4 October 2016
/- Zurich's new distribution team
- TAL Business Partnership Program award goes to AFRM
- AFA Rising Star finalists
- Former LUA president passes away at age 85
Who is looking to buy insurance (and who is not)
/Recent data from over 10,000 internet site searches reveal who is looking for insurance cover, which type of cover they want, and how much of it they seek.
Read MoreThe corporate psychopath - how many do you have leading your company?
/Since the GFC, the term 'successful psychopath' has entered the mainstream. Recent research has revealed that there are as many diagnosable psychopaths in the corporate world as there are in prison.
Read MoreRisk People as at 21 September 2016
/- AFA appoints new president and vice president
- AFA 2016 adviser and practice awards
- AFA and TAL Female Excellence in Advice Awards
Risk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 21 September 2016
/- AMP enhances Elevate Online
- Macquarie maintains premiums after Zurich move
- ClearView increases IP premiums
- MBS Insurance joins forces with Pitcher Partners Sydney
- Allegianz AFSL cancelled
- Life insurance parliamentary review
Got something to say about FOS? Review under way, comments open
/The FOS has opened up its email inbox to comments as it undergoes dispute resolution review, along with two related organisations.
Read MoreNew 'simple' trauma cover launched in UK
/New insurance products that favour the younger, poorer, less interested customer are emerging, like this new top-three-medical-conditions-only product from the UK.
Read MoreNo royal commission into life insurance and financial services
/Bill Shorten wants a royal commission into the financial services industry, saying that not enough is being done and the 'rip-offs' continue.
Read MorePost-divorce financial suffering: Swiss women winning, Korean women not so much
/An interesting study has looked at why there were such vast differences in the financially negative impacts of a divorce on women from six OECD countries.
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