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Intrust offers more premium reductions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Intrust Super will also reduce life and total disability insurance premiums shortly after it dropped income protection premiums by as much as 12%. The discount will impact the fund's life and TPD premiums across three products: Core MySuper, Executive ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... clients and life insurers; otherwise the experience at claim time could be unfavourable to all parties. Succession Matters insurance and estate planner Mike Sayer said advisers who accept the conduit role at claim time, and can identify varied aspects ...

Actuaries Institute chief resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... public policy advocate on key reform issues affecting Australian society and our economy such as those in the banking, insurance, health, big data, tax and superannuation/retirement incomes sectors," Lyon said.

Advice improves lifestyle outcomes: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... retirement, but it also adds value all the way through your life in the choices you can afford to make about schooling, insurance, holidays, housing and personal interests." "The important thing to measure is how it adds value to every life stage and ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... receive financial advice. Have you read our Day Two Newsletter Wrap-Up ? 7.15am - Last day of the conference. At 8.30am, insurance heavyweights participate in a panel session titled the "Future of Life Insurance". After morning tea, the Hon. Kelly O'Dwyer ...

MLC fixes premiums for 12 months

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
MLC Life Insurance's base premium rates for retail life insurance policies will remain on hold until October next year. This affects MLC Insurance, MLC Insurance Super, Protectionfirst, Personal Protection Portfolio and Life Cover Super retail customers. ...

AMP improves adviser mental health training

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... refreshed its mental health training for financial advisers with new content that exceeds the minimum standards of the Life Insurance Code. Initially designed for customer-facing insurance staff, the modules aim to help advisers manage difficult and ...

Risk advice firm partners to launch claims service

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
A specialist risk advice group has partnered with a third party life insurance claims administrator to launch a claims handling service for policyholders. Australian Financial Risk Management (AFRM) and Gallagher Bassett (GB) unveiled AFRM Claims Advocacy ...

Life insurance complaints down: FOS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Disputes surrounding investments, advice and life insurance accounted for 9% of all disputes accepted at the Financial Ombudsman Service of Australia last financial year. In its annual report FOS outlined that of the 22,475 disputes it accepted over ...

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
There are mixed feelings about whether young superannuation fund members should opt in to life insurance, the latest Financial Standard poll reveals. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents disagree that young super fund members should have the choice to ...