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APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
APRA is adamant that retirement income products will not suffer the same fate as income protection insurance as it looks to tighten its belt in regulating the post-retirement phase. The prudential regulator's deputy chair Helen Rowell spoke of the ...

ClearView, Manulife to launch retirement products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... value. Elsewhere, ClearView launched a new suite of life insurance products that come with significant changes to income protection and aim to address the shortcomings in existing solutions and meet the evolving needs of customers, advisers, and regu ...

MLC Life expands retail distribution leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... we make to our customers and business partners." The appointments follow the recent launch of MLC Life's new income protection offering, the Income Assure and Income Assure+ products.

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... Award, Trauma Rider Award and Customer Service Award while the Trauma Standalone Award went to HCF Life and the Income Protection Award was handed to Insuranceline. The award for Accidental Injury went to HCF Life and Suncorp won the Funeral Cover Award. ...

MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... to regulatory and product changes that took effect this month. Key product changes follow APRA's reforms to income protection which kicked off in October. The platform delivers on the reforms without disrupting an adviser's ability to quote and apply ...

FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... superannuation and life insurance members for all default cover for life insurance, total and permanent disability and income protection insurance in MySuper and choice products. It comes as consultation on a review of occupational exclusions is due ...

PFAN appoints chair, deputy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... have a deep personal understanding of this as my dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis many years ago. An income protection policy changed his financial future. This is why I am passionate about leading PFAN and the work we do to support the MS community." ...

MLC Life refreshes income protection offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
MLC Life Insurance is offering a new range of income protection insurance products following research from customer, adviser and licensees. Income Assure and Income Assure+ will be available from October 1 and allows most clients to have the maximum ...

Consumers lose out on IP changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Almost one third of Australians don't know what income protection covers and could potentially lose out from the significant life insurance reforms that are just days away. This is according to a survey from comparison website Finder, which canvassed ...

TAL releases income protection range

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
Life insurer TAL launched three new offerings that aim to address fairness and sustainability of income protection products. Income Protection Enhance, Income Protection Focus, and Income Protection Assist are the three new products available from today. ...