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The changing face of underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Facial analytics may play a key role in calculating future life insurance premiums thanks to a North Carolina technology firm claiming its platform returns lifespan estimates more accurate than traditional methods. Lapetus Life Event Solutions recently ...

AIA growth strategy spawns appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... key new roles. Formerly chief financial officer, Harry Efthimiou has taken on the newly created role of chief health insurance officer, a new position specifically designed to provide support for AIA's business opportunities in Australia and New Zealand's ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... the impartial conduct standard - a fiduciary rule to curb conflicts of interest in relation to the retirement and life insurance products recommended by advisers and the payments they receive for doing so. The decision to legislate such an obligation ...

Financial Standard to expand into Marketing and Communications educational content

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... one of Australia's fastest growing industry sectors employing more than 400,000 people across lending, superannuation, insurance, investment, financial advice and project financing. Meanwhile, there are about 60,000 Marketing and Communications executives ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
An overwhelming majority (84%) of Australians purchase life insurance based on the cost of premiums, according to life insurer NobleOak. What's concerning is that more than half of consumers (52%) buy life insurance or income protection cover online ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... planners as having 'high' or 'very high' ethics and honesty. This however, dipped 2% from the prior year. Stockbrokers and insurance brokers (11% and 10% respectively) rated lower among the 648 respondents who perceived the profession as being ethical ...

Northern Trust names Sydney head

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... roles supporting large, sophisticated and complex clients including investment managers, sovereign wealth funds and insurance and superannuation funds. Northern Trust is a full-service provider to the Australian and New Zealand market and delivers a ...

Review life insurance ahead of super reforms: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... of financial year and 1 July superannuation reforms fast approaching, advisers shouldn't overlook the value of life insurance arrangements inside superannuation. Keeping in mind concessional and non-concessional contribution limits are reducing, and ...

ASIC launches LIF instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... ASIC launched a new instrument cementing the maximum amount of fees and ongoing commissions advisers can charge on life insurance products as part of industry-wide reforms. The Life Insurance Commissions Instrument will cap advisers' commissions and ...

AMP improves life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Newly-launched improvements to AMP's life insurance offering are aiming to give advisers and customers greater flexibility and choice. To ensure customers' cover stays contemporary, AMP director of insurance proposition Greg Johnson said options can ...