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AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... family home; more than 7.5 million Australians have a credit card; and 13.9 million working age Australians have life insurance, meaning the opportunities, both technology and adviser driven, can only increase. At the same, O'Dwyer knows the complexity ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Less than three months remain until the Life Insurance Framework becomes commonplace for advisers and experts say there's still time to review or reconsider advice pricing options. The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear from four industry ...

MetLife pushes for the retail market with new hire

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
MetLife will launch its retail life insurance offer to advisers and brokers next year and has appointed a head of retail sales from AMP to facilitate this process. Matt Lippiatt joins MetLife from AMP, where he was national account manager. He has held ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... Co senior partner Tim Ross. Hill said managing a client's claim is a key competitive advantage to retail advised life insurance, and there is evidence to show that claimants can have a better experience when their adviser is involved. She said advisers ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Last day of the conference. At 8.30am, insurance heavyweights participate in a panel session titled the "Future of Life Insurance". After morning tea, the Hon. Kelly O'Dwyer, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services will be onstage while later ...

MLC fixes premiums for 12 months

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
MLC Life Insurance's base premium rates for retail life insurance policies will remain on hold until October next year. This affects MLC Insurance, MLC Insurance Super, Protectionfirst, Personal Protection Portfolio and Life Cover Super retail customers. ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... refreshed its mental health training for financial advisers with new content that exceeds the minimum standards of the Life Insurance Code. Initially designed for customer-facing insurance staff, the modules aim to help advisers manage difficult and ...

Risk advice firm partners to launch claims service

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
A specialist risk advice group has partnered with a third party life insurance claims administrator to launch a claims handling service for policyholders. Australian Financial Risk Management (AFRM) and Gallagher Bassett (GB) unveiled AFRM Claims Advocacy ...

Life insurance complaints down: FOS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Disputes surrounding investments, advice and life insurance accounted for 9% of all disputes accepted at the Financial Ombudsman Service of Australia last financial year. In its annual report FOS outlined that of the 22,475 disputes it accepted over ...

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
There are mixed feelings about whether young superannuation fund members should opt in to life insurance, the latest Financial Standard poll reveals. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents disagree that young super fund members should have the choice to ...