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Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... there's a nice simple section for consumers to go to. "Yes there needs to be rules and processes around having a code of practice but there also should be an easy way for consumers who are picking this up to know what they're being promised."

Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for 'substantial improvements' to be made to the draft Life Insurer Code of Practice and is willing to see implementation delayed to ensure improvements are made. The call to the Financial Services Council ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... provide an appropriate transition over two years." The FSC has also recently released its draft Life Insurance Code of Practice for public consultation. The code considers all life insurance services and policy types, including TPD, trauma, disability ...

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... expertise in financial services regulation and competition policy, including as a previous member of the Banking Code of Practice's compliance committee. Alan Kirkland - Has been the chief executive of Choice for the past three-and-a-half years and has ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... a code in response to the 2015 Trowbridge report. In a statement, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said, "The Code of Practice is an industry first for life insurance and is being developed through extensive public consultation with industry stakeholders ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... providers on its APL; that licensees and advisers address cultural barriers to reform; and that a Life Insurance Code of Practice is developed, modelled on the General Insurance Code of Practice. The report follows on with four implementation recommendations ...

Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... non-commission benefits, the inclusion of more providers on approved product lists and introducing a Life Insurance Code of Practice. "I think these are all really worthy of consideration," said Frydenberg. "My preference is that it is the industry and ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... providers on its APL; that licensees and advisers address cultural barriers to reform; and that a Life Insurance Code of Practice is developed, modelled on the General Insurance Code of Practice. The report follows on with four implementation recommendations ...

ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... a new tiered clearing fee structure which will apply to all customers if a five-year extension to the current Code of Practice that ASX put in place in August 2013 is agreed. The new fee structure, based on the average $3.8 billion value cleared per ...

Macquarie rebukes advice, compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... institutions turned a blind eye to irresponsible and unethical conduct, including predatory lending, in breach of their code of practice and community standards," the report said. The document also noted that between 2008 and 2010 "Macquarie Private ...