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Fox warns against direct life insurance again

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Consumers who purchase direct life insurance are at risk when it comes to claim time, the head of the Association of Financial Advisers warns. Buying life insurance over the phone or online should set off alarm bells - it means the policy has not been ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... support," she said. Reiterating her position that the industry is already sufficiently regulated, she pointed to the Life Insurance Framework and professional standards reforms. "Both will strengthen consumer outcomes and benefit financial advice and ...

Synchron vows to end yearly renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... premium rates." Trapnell argued that Australia is the only country that has a "fixation" on the yearly renewable life insurance premium structure despite the fact that "this kind of insurance is by its very nature designed not to be in force when a claim ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... assessment. In line with this, the wealth team has been strengthened by appointments across investment services, life insurance and general insurance, with a phone-based advice team also currently in development with a view to be launched by the end ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... products according to consumer advocacy group CHOICE. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Life Insurance Industry in Sydney and Melbourne, CHOICE told the panel that consumers could retire with an extra $25,000 by consolidating ...

Centrepoint growing wealth business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... Financial Educators Pty Ltd ('RFE') who have signed up 18 accounting firm joint ventures. We have also seeded a new life insurance initiative and look forward to developing this over the next 12 months," Centrepoint chair Alan Fisher said. Managing director ...

BT Panorama adds super and insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Investors in BT Financial Group's Panorama platform will now be able to integrate their superannuation and life insurance arrangements. Advisers using BT Panorama can now seamlessly move clients from accumulation to pension phase; track contributions ...

Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...

TAL and Qantas partner for life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
TAL and Qantas have entered an exclusive partnership, unveiling a new range of life insurance products. Members of Qantas' Frequent Flyer program can now access Qantas Assure Life Protect products, comprising life insurance, TPD, critical illness and ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... time when it's critical that we as an industry educate as many Australians as possible about the important role of life insurance, and do all we can to ensure as many Australians as possible are properly protected," Brooks said. The appointments come ...