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Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... 50 features it assesses into broad groupings spanning member services, investment flexibility, account flexibility, insurance options, financial advice and ancillary services. Member services is currently the most active area of fund development, the ...

ClearView slams APL standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Listed financial advice firm ClearView criticised the Financial Services Council's life insurance approved product list draft standard as superficial and ineffectual, saying it will only allow sub-par practices to continue. ClearView managing director ...

Elder financial abuse requires education

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... loss of capacity and SMSF exit strategy as part of their investment strategy." George added trustees should also put insurance on the front of their minds, which "will have the same effect with estate and succession planning." He also said there needs ...

Zurich launches life insurance app

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Financial advisers will have simplified, direct access to clients' life insurance information via a new app from Zurich. ZLife Mobile, equipped with push notification capability, provides advisers with up-to-date client information on the go and is ...

FSC launches draft APL standard for risk advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... FSC's APL standard is to increase competition among life insurers and reduce potential conflicts of interest in life insurance advice. The standard explains further: "Although life AFSL members may have their own internal research and life insurance ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Supermarket giant Coles quietly exited the life insurance industry less than three years after launching a directly distributed offer. As of 1 January 2017, Coles Life Insurance policy holders became customers of MetLife - the insurer whose MetLife ...

Suncorp appoints non-executive director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Switkowski welcomed Machell, adding: "Simon has extensive experience, as both an executive and a non-executive director of insurance businesses and the broader financial services sector in Australia and overseas." "Additionally, he brings insights into ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... concern. Employees, particularly for those on a lower salary, also reported low levels of confidence in their health insurance (33%), life and accident insurance (30%) and retirement savings plan (26%). Only 52% of employers offer life insurance benefits ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...