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NAB enters into MOU with Nippon Life

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
NAB has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Nippon Life to build a life insurance partnership. The goal, according to NAB's ASX statement, is to "[enter] a long-term partnership in life insurance product manufacturing," although NAB added ...

iSelect CEO departs amid takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Life insurance broker iSelect has announced the departure of its chief executive and confirmed a buyout proposal from a private equity firm. Outgoing chief executive Alex Stevens has left the company after 18 months in the role; in his place, iSelect ...

FPA helps advisers with life insurance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Australia (FPA) has launched a guide helping its members identify and address common omissions and errors in providing life insurance advice. The FPA's comprehensive Life Insurance Advice guide had input from members and was developed to provide "practical ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
A life insurance comparison website says consumers should be questioning premium increases at a time when life insurers continue to make substantial profits. Lifeinsurancedirect.com.au chief executive Russell Cain said top life insurers such as AMP ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... is more than $1.5 billion. Eighty-three per cent of Australians have insurance for their cars but only 31% have life insurance," Mannix-White said.

Direct life outpaced by group sector

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Life insurance sales are dominated by the group sector and direct insurers are struggling to keep pace, according to Rice Warner head of consulting and research Jenni Baxter. Commenting on Rice Warner's Direct Insurance Report 2015, Baxter described ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... licensee, Charter Financial Planning, in 2012. ASIC's statement attributed the banning to its ongoing review of life insurance advice, which found that Zelka had failed to act in clients' best interests "by not giving adequate consideration to the information ...

AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... product distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance Framework. Phillips has been acting in the role since June. Prior to this, she worked in multiple positions in AIA's ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Individual life insurance sales are recovering after two poor quarters, according to DEXX&R research. DEXX&R's life analysis report for the June quarter shows that new business in the sector grew by 15% on the March quarter to $321 million. As reported ...

Hostplus brings insurance fees down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... products. The premium decrease follows negotiations and a recent partnership renewal between Hostplus and global life insurance provider MetLife. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the $18 billion superannuation fund has also extended its death ...