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QSuper public offer move reshapes competitive landscape

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... variable transfer bonus if they keep their post-retirement savings in the fund, and established its own registered life insurance company to provide more tailored and flexible insurance cover. Its financial advice services were also singled out by Investment ...

AIA and AdviserLogic partnership to benefit advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... to AdviserLogic to help financial advisers produce faster and more accurate client information for administering life insurance policies. The new data feeds aim to help reduce time and costs for advisers by eliminating duplication and client information ...

Super uncertainty makes engagement top priority

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... picked up by UK online motor insurer Geoffrey Insurance. It has also had success in the US with Jackson National Life Insurance Company. Hope said the cost benefits were clear. "Interactive, personalised videos cost as little as $1 per video versus $12 ...

AFA and Beddoes announce consumer choice award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... policyholder experience; and Zurich won most favoured. Commenting on the awards, AFA chief executive Brad Fox said: "Life insurance remains a vital protection for Australian families and individuals. "These awards bring the voice of policyholders who ...

Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Unprecedented pricing pressure and regulatory forces have led superannuation funds to overhaul group life insurance offerings to better balance competitive premiums with valuable benefits. The overhauls predominantly come on the back of two factors ...

MLC appoints retail insurance sales GM from BT Life

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... insurance Melissa Heyhoe said: "This is a key appointment for the business as it moves to becoming a standalone life insurance company. "As we transition into a specialist insurance business, it's imperative that we have end-to-end ownership and accountability ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Australian life insurance companies should be more open to independent assessment to reassure the community of their commitment to transparency and continued improvement, argues Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox. According ...

Consumers turning to the internet for advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Australian consumers are increasingly turning to the internet for financial advice on life insurance, signalling a need for the industry to respond to rapidly changing consumer demands. CANSTAR's latest Direct Life Insurance Star Ratings report found ...

ASIC issues first "best interests" duty penalty

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... Corporations Act were not discliplined. There were also eight specific occasions, ASIC said, where clients took out life insurance policies and/or advised to rollover superannuation accounts "that committed them to costly, unsuitable, and unnecessary ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... vulnerable if large clients change providers. The researcher highlights ASFA analysis which shows more than 70% of the life insurance sum insured is now distributed through superannuation funds. This has been steadily increasing in recent years and is ...