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SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... practical evidence on how insurers can do this, with a focus on stay at work and return to work." "We believe the life insurance and superannuation industries have a crucial role to play in reducing the financial and social impact of mental illness and ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Using the telephone was the most popular means of purchasing life insurance policies in the year to November, the latest Roy Morgan survey shows. One-quarter (24.7%) of the 7632 consumers polled in Roy Morgan's Single Source survey rang the company ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial adviser for not meeting his life insurance replacement advice obligations. ASIC found Duane Wright, owner of Brisbane-based First National Home Loans and Insurance, breached obligations ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
Australians are increasingly relying on the internet and digital devices to purchase life insurance instead of financial advisers, a new study from NobleOak shows. Almost half (43.6%) of the 1000 respondents in NobleOak and Pureprofile's 2017 life insurance ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... following a major move by AustralianSuper in September last year to allow new members under 25-years-old to opt-in to life insurance

ANZ Wealth tests AI-driven underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... differentiated service that supports them in building trusted relationships with their clients, he added. Last July MLC Life Insurance made inroads to innovate its process by launching UnderwriteMe, which uses a database of standard questions to assess ...

Two FSC senior policy managers depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... This would include automation, self-employment, contractors and the 'gig economy' on tax revenue, superannuation, life insurance, and retirement savings. "The nature of employment is changing. The era of job certainty, regular hours, and little or no ...

SuperConcepts ramps up digital transformation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... give SMSF members greater visibility and faster access to assets, in addition to bank accounts, term deposits, life insurance, managed investment schemes, investor directed portfolio services, securities and even peer-to-peer lending.

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... can test financial services and products without the burden of an AFSL over a 24-month period. Superannuation and life insurance products; the issuance of consumer credit and non-cash payment products; and the provision of a crowd-funding service are ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ClearView is rolling out a series of enhancements to its life insurance platform with the aim of increasing efficiencies in advice practices. The company's Adviser Quote Underwritinmg and Apply (AQUA) platform now includes integrated electronic quote ...