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PPS Mutual offers new IP solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... said. PPS said the offering fills a gap in the market left by the requirement on life insurers to cease offering new agreed value income protection policies in 2020. Additionally, PPS said it sees the opportunity to engage and incentivise professionals ...

Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... required to make sure benefits to not exceed policyholders' incomes at the time of claim and cease the sale of agreed value policies. In addition, providers also must avoid policies with fixed terms and conditions of more than five years and ensure ...

APRA resumes life insurance intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... also be required to make sure benefits to not exceed policyholders' incomes at time of claim and cease the sale of agreed value policies. They'll also have to avoid policies with fixed terms and conditions of more than five years and ensure effective ...

How to ensure clients will pay higher fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Anderson outlined the challenges advisers will face during what he referred to as a transition phase. The banning of agreed value income protection from 1 April 2020, banning of grandfathered commissions from 31 December 2020, new annual renewal obligation ...

AMP improves life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... linking members' standard income protection plans in super to plans held outside superannuation. This enables having an agreed value income insurance while most of the premium can be paid from the member's super account. In another improvement, a new ...

MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... accountants, solicitors and medical professionals - registered or licensed within the last three years and allowing an Agreed Value endorsement with no financial information required at claim time. The package will offer increased life cover limits for ...

Zurich revamps its life risk products

... risk product range it has on offer. The fine tuning carried out by Zurich means the product range now includes an 'Agreed Value endorsement' on income replacement aimed at providing increased security at claim time; the added definitions of heart attack ...
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