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MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The underwriting process for retail-advised life policies will be accelerated by the introduction of MLC Life Insurance's new tele-underwriting service. Halving the lengthy underwriting process, the new Fast Track service will benefit both financial ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... Some of the financial services industry's biggest players fronted the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance on Friday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane faced the panel first, telling the Committee that any further ...

Listed advice groups gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... that enables 80% of advice recommendations to be written in-house, together with a phone-based advice system for life insurance and superannuation customers. In the first half of FY17, Yellow Brick Road reported a maiden profit and an underlying EBITDA ...

Fox warns against direct life insurance again

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Consumers who purchase direct life insurance are at risk when it comes to claim time, the head of the Association of Financial Advisers warns. Buying life insurance over the phone or online should set off alarm bells - it means the policy has not been ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... support," she said. Reiterating her position that the industry is already sufficiently regulated, she pointed to the Life Insurance Framework and professional standards reforms. "Both will strengthen consumer outcomes and benefit financial advice and ...

Synchron vows to end yearly renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... premium rates." Trapnell argued that Australia is the only country that has a "fixation" on the yearly renewable life insurance premium structure despite the fact that "this kind of insurance is by its very nature designed not to be in force when a claim ...

Australian Unity enters trustee services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... revenues of $901.7 million for the six months to 31 December 2016, attributed largely to growth generated by its health insurance and benefit fund revenue. Australian Unity also saw the benefits of its first full half year of revenue from Home Care NSW ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... point of sales tools and statement of advice (SoA) capability for enhanced strategies in superannuation, investments and insurance. According to Adam Youkhana, general manager of YBR's wealth division, introducing Provisio is intended to help boost branch ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... consolidating members super into the one product. Human Super is currently negotiating with a number of providers (including insurance), and is recruiting a female chief executive officer.

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... than market expectations for an 8.0% increase. The details of the report showed sharp profit upswings in: financial and insurance services (108.9% in Q4 2016 from -40.1% in Q3); mining (49.7% from 7.1%); construction (32.0% from -5.0%); professional ...