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TAL forms medical advisory board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... advisory service will share updates on medical advancements and clinical protocols to ensure TAL's approach to product, underwriting and claims reflects the latest medical best practice. Clark added health and life are intrinsically linked and the Specialist ...

Eaton Vance subsidiary appoints COO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... plan for sustained, long-term growth of Calvert's business." Last year, Calvert announced it would be assisting in underwriting the launch of Morningstar's program to better prepare financial advisers for incorporating sustainable investing into advice ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... To be successful post-LIF, Viskovic says advisers should have revised their client on-boarding process and the pre-underwriting process so that fees for risk advice are well articulated. She suggests making the separation clear between the value of advice ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... To be successful post-LIF, Viskovic says advisers should have revised their client on-boarding process and the pre-underwriting process so that fees for risk advice are well articulated. She suggests making the separation clear between the value of advice ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... to acquire opt-in life insurance cover through superannuation." Minto added it delivers enormous benefits without underwriting and must be preserved as a unique aspect of the superannuation system. "Coupled with this, it is very efficient in terms of ...

US investment giant buys La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... development. "The calibre of the La Trobe management team, combined with their high quality loan origination and underwriting, both in the residential and commercial markets, and a strategy that is focused on realising growth opportunities at this important ...

Energy Super launches group insurance platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... increase cover online, submit claim notifications as well as lodge and track claims. It also integrates with online underwriting solution, UnderwriteMe, to help simplify the underwriting process for members. For trustees and administrators, LifeView ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... go by. A North Carolina technology firm, Lapetus Life Event Solutions, recently developed CHRONOS, an end-to-end underwriting platform that predicts a person's life expectancy by scanning hundreds of points on their face to extract information. Already ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... industry," the report reads. "Conversely, if it is known that genetic test information may need to be disclosed for use in underwriting life insurance policies that may deter people from undertaking a test that could benefit their wellbeing." The Actuaries ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... buy life insurance and it was wrong to make direct comparisons as they have different service levels and different underwriting processes, both of which flow into pricing. "BT's principle is to make insurance as affordable as possible for as many people ...