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Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... in place meaningful performance objectives, tracking or reporting, and have failed to approach claims handling with consumers front of mind." One trustee took over 500 days to pay a death benefit of around $100,000 to a First Nations woman who was grieving ...

CALI seeks life insurers exemption from lead generation ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... said it would also target specific actions of lead generators that are problematic, being the advertising to attract consumers and cold calling. Former ASIC chair Joe Longo has said the most effective way to tackle unscrupulous actors in lead generation ...

Treasury releases adverse genetic test results ban draft regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... meaning of protected genetic information, consistent with the policy intent. This provides certainty and clarity for consumers, health practitioners and insurers, and supports consistent application of the ban," the statement said. The legislation passed ...

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... read. The report noted in the near-term, no migration would have an impact on demand as migrants are "first and foremost consumers". "Removing future inflows to destination economies forgoes would-be migrant spending on housing, goods, and services ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... financial products, and dividend funds," he says. Consumption is estimated to growing at 4% to 5%, he adds, noting as consumers are gaining confidence as the property market stabilises, and the stock markets go up these will lead to positive wealth effect. ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... Insurers. "It is unreasonable to expect that the cost should fall solely on compliant participants or targeted groups of consumers where systemic gaps, delayed intervention or insufficient enforcement have contributed to large-scale losses occur," he ...

AFCA puts InterPrac determinations on ice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... AFCA said the newly announced approach is "intended to reduce unnecessary complexity and potential stress for impacted consumers, while also ensuring investigation and assessment work continues so complaints are ready to move forward efficiently once ...

Inflation eases, experts split on next RBA move

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... seeing it globally. The manufacturing sector is holding on because services activity is collapsing as higher prices hit consumers," Dooley said. "That is the main difficulty facing the RBA. Having already lifted its official interest rate three times ...

FAAA pushes for 'fundamental' changes to CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... licensees providing financial advice and securities dealers are the only four sectors that fund the scheme. Currently, consumers believe the only means to be compensated is to make a complaint against their financial adviser, the FAAA explains in its ...

Cbus pushes for lead generator ban

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... sales for super and financial advice. Operators instead rely on online mechanisms to harvest personal data and funnel consumers toward super switching and investment products. Cbus argued the practice was contributing to consumer harm, pointing to the ...
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