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NAB bundles home loans with insurance

... MLC, has brought to market a new product called the Protected Loan, a combined mortgage and insurance package. Underinsurance is a huge problem in Australia. The Protected Loan is aimed at addressing this by making it simpler for customers to sign up ...

Planners advised to plan ahead on succession

... succession planning and training new financial planners are the major issues the group hopes to address alongside underinsurance.

Lonsdale close to 110-planner target, adds risk specialists

... accounting or planning business available simply because they might not fit our culture." The country's chronic underinsurance is also one of the key planks of Lonsdale's recent business initiative of aligning itself with three risk insurance specialists ...

Zurich to launch Life Risk Factory

... ten years ago," he says. Perhaps it is the industry's Luddite-like traits that compounded the country's massive underinsurance. According to IFSA's research, 60 per cent of individuals with dependent children, or almost all of 'middle Australians', do ...

STP insurance breakthrough through STS

... weeks to literally minutes. Miles Sterrick, STS co-founder and chief executive, says, "Australia has a massive underinsurance problem - most people do not have enough insurance to properly protect them and their families in case of major disability or ...

Macquarie pilots life insurance system

... Roderick, head of Macquarie Adviser Services. "The platform has been designed to help advisers address the serious underinsurance problem that exists in Australia today." The service is fully integrated to Macquarie's existing wrap investment and superannuation ...

CommInsure joins life insurance innovators

... at a time when the life insurance industry is just starting to see some growth, in spite of still suffering from underinsurance across the board. "The most recent Plan for Life figures suggest that enforced premiums are up 11 per cent for the quarter ...

TOWER and Securities Institute launch accreditation course

... Securities Institute commended TOWER for their support of the initiative, Evans listed consumer education and 'underinsurance' in the market as incentives for other professionals to get involved and accredited through the course. "There is a general ...

Underinsurance still an issue for industry

MLC protection solutions general manager Greg Einfeld spoke at the FPA conference today about the importance of insurance under changing demographics. "Insurance is still perceived as 'sold not bought'. Customers don't recognise the need for advice ...