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Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... Aaron Williams said an increasing number of financial advisers are reaching out to him as they struggle with their mental health. "I received an email from a financial adviser recently who said he's doing it tough; ASIC doesn't realise what it's doing ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... deep dive into 67 conditions affecting 10 different body parts, ranging from the heart and arteries to cancer and mental health. The average lifetime cost of cancer, for example, is $126,280 for individuals aged between 15 and 64. One in three will be ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... begs the question if life insurers should be prevented from engaging in surveillance of an insured with a diagnosed mental health condition or is making a claim based on a mental health condition? "If not, are the current regulatory requirements sufficient ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... manager of claims Loraine van Eeden conceded the life insurer's response to an insured person who had a legitimate mental health claim was "deeply troubling." This involved a series of wrong decisions made by TAL staff and "very troubling breaches" of ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... protection insurance policy with TAL in 2009 through the retail channel. She answered in the negative to having any mental health conditions; to having missed work for more than five days due to injury or illness in the last five years; and to having ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
TAL is joining forces with a not-for-profit organisation to help raise greater awareness on mental health issues affecting the younger generation. Orygen specialises in providing mental health research, clinical services, training and education for ...

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... insurers design better products, she said. "For example, where the data reveals how much is paid out annually in mental health claims the project will inform the development of future public policy," she said. Over time the project will collect information ...

Should high-income earners pay charity levy?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... the academics write that inequality has "serious negative effects across the economy in areas such as physical and mental health, drug abuse, education, imprisonment, obesity, social mobility, trust, violence, teenage pregnancies and child wellbeing." ...

Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... from SuperFriend shows about half of financial services employees face ongoing stress at work. According to the mental health organisation's annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, 47% of financial services employees are experiencing ongoing ...

TAL to boost adviser underwriting knowledge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... also direct our customers to community support programs." Separately, the life insurer last month rolled out a new mental health coaching program for people leaders and claims managers based on a partnership with SuperFriend. The program is designed ...