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Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... position. Earlier, Orr reintroduced the case studies heard in the first week of the hearings, referring specifically to the ClearView and Freedom Insurance episodes, whose practices of selling direct life insurance - particularly over the phone - absorbed ...

ClearView breached anti-hawking law 300k times

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... provisions up to 303,000 times. The figure has ballooned from the 278,664 originally reported to the Commission, according to ClearView chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin, who took the witness stand this afternoon. Martin told counsel assisting ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... announced Mark McCrea is the new operations manager and Jacqueline Little takes on the head of product role. Joining from ClearView Wealth as head of operations, McCrea brings 25 years' of experience in financial services - predominantly in life insurance. ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... outcomes. The practises of 11 life insurance providers selling direct-to-customers were examined and included: CommInsure, ClearView Life Assurance, NobleOak Life, Suncorp Life & Superannuation, TAL Life, and OnePath, St Andrew's Life Insurance and ...

TAL waives life premiums for drought-stricken farmers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... response. TAL is due to appear at the Royal Commission's next round alongside other life insurers including: AMP, ClearView, CommInsure and Freedom Insurance, starting September 10.

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Royal Commission witness box, after case studies were announced for the sixth round of public hearings. TAL, CommInsure, ClearView and Freedom Insurance have been named to front the Royal Commission, alongside $51 billion industry super fund Rest and ...

ClearView results up despite adviser earnings drop

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Diversified financial services firm ClearView increased underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) in its wealth management and life insurance arms during FY18, however financial advice earnings dropped. Releasing its FY18 results yesterday, ClearView said ...

Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... level. About half (48%) of the planners surveyed rated their main life insurer as 'very good' compared with 47% in 2017. ClearView took out top spot in overall satisfaction rankings for the second year in a row, while also leading the field in another ...

ClearView defends arrested director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
ClearView will stand by board director David Brown after he was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud. In a series of announcements to the market, wealth manager ClearView confirmed Brown was arrested in Papua New Guinea after ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... policies they allegedly didn't need or unwittingly signed up for. Based on listening to several phone calls from ClearView Life Insurance, Boyle alleged staff coaxed customers into providing bank details and enough personal information which then ...