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Is risk advice at risk?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... between 30 and 60, compared to 24.7% who use a financial adviser. Further, the purchasing of life insurance or income protection online or via mobile devices rose 35% from 2016. Meanwhile, Synchron is calling for the government to include streamlined ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Advice (SOAs). He claimed to have considered his clients' circumstances in relation to the waiting periods for income protection policies. The law enforcement agency looked at several of Leake's client files from Wealthsure Financial Services Pty Ltd ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death cover; 6% for total and permanent disability (TPD); and 20% for income protection. According to AustralianSuper group executive of membership Rose Kerlin, the fund provides insurance to 1.4 million of ...

Advice firm enters insurance market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... personal risk insurance offering. New and existing clients of Hewison Private Wealth can now obtain life, TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, free from commissions. Clients that take out policies will pay an annual fee-for-service comprising ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... to consult the internet when considering life insurance. A growing trend is the purchase of life insurance or income protection online or via mobile devices, up 35% compared to 2016. The internet is a rich source of advice for 28.7% of adults aged between ...

ASIC shines spotlight on insurance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... advice licensee's in-house products were recommended." In one example, ASIC flagged concerns where the cost of income protection climbed from $132 per year to $7552 per year. "This increased cost did give the customer additional coverage and indexation. ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... followed by 21.9% who call on family members for information. A growing trend is the purchase of life insurance or income protection online or via mobile devices, up 35% compared to 2016. NobleOak's chief executive Anthony Brown said the challenge for ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... July 2018. The code supports preventing account balances from unnecessary erosion by automatically not charging income protection cover 13 months from the date of the last contribution. For death and total and permanent disability cover, trustees will ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... contact members no later than six months after the last contribution is made and will automatically cease charging income protection cover 13 months from the final contribution date. In terms of charging death and total and permanent disability cover ...

New CFO named for $20bn industry fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... continuous relationship," VicSuper said. VicSuper has default cover for death, total and permanent disability, and income protection available for the majority of its 238,000 members. Dundon said at the time that the new relationship with MetLife enables ...