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HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
Industry superannuation fund HESTA is enhancing its life insurance offer, including a shift to age-based pricing that will be effective 1 March 2018. Among the changes, HESTA has also bolstered its income protection cover to include a lump sum provision ...

Advisers ambivalent on LIF deadline: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
With less than six weeks to go, financial advisers are still unclear about their obligations under the Life Insurance Framework reforms, Financial Standard's weekly spot poll shows. More than 40% of advisers who took part in the survey are unsure about ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... claims," the report said. Further, income protection insurance has a number of close 'cousins' such as other types of life insurance which may appear almost identical to uninformed consumers. "There are also trade-offs in making products simpler while ...

AMP adds LIF resources as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Advisers transitioning their business to meet the new requirements imposed by the Life Insurance Framework are being provided with additional resources by AMP. The institution boosted its LIF resource hub, adding a new series of video tutorials developed ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... Peter Kell said the analysis of this initial data reinforces the findings of ASIC's Report 498 - that over 90% of life insurance claims are paid in the first instance by insurers. Kell flagged the importance of the project as a "significant priority" ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... are at that same [early] stage with bitcoin," he said. This week's new poll asks: How prepared are you for the Life Insurance Framework that's less than two months away?

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
An ASX-listed mortgage broking firm has entered into a life insurance referral partnership with a TAL subsidiary. Under the new arrangement, Australian Finance Group's 2850 brokers will be able to refer life insurance to clients via TAL's Lifebroker ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... position across the financial services industry including involvement in merger and acquisitions advisory, fintech, life insurance and cyber security. He currently chairs the boards of the Mitchell Institute for Heath & Education Research, Victoria University ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Code. Originally designed for consumer-facing insurance staff, the refresh aims to assist advisers in having challenging conversations ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... and recognition technology looks set to become more widespread in financial services if developments in the US life insurance market are anything to go by. A North Carolina technology firm, Lapetus Life Event Solutions, recently developed CHRONOS, an ...