Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fineBY KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023 12:33PMThe disgraced director of Select AFSL, the company the Hayne Royal Commission exposed for hawking life and funeral insurance to vulnerable customers, has been banned from managing a company for five years, while his companies were fined $13.5 million. Related News |
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