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LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The legislation for the Life Insurance Framework will be formally introduced into parliament this week, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National ...

Bravura hires product manager from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Software provider Bravura Solutions has expanded its APAC team with the appointment of a product manager for life insurance. David Loader joins Bravura from BT Financial Group where he held various senior product management roles within the retail life ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
On the eve of the Financial Services Council publishing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, industry bodies have collectively reinforced their beliefs on the purpose of group insurance in superannuation. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Industry can expect significant cyber-attacks: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... regulated entities and four significant service providers, covering all APRA-regulated industries except private health insurance. Over half of the participants - comprising 20 regulated entities and one service provider, APRA clarified - had experienced ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... approval to the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes needed to bring about a change ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... reforms are about salvaging consumer trust and should unite to rebuild it rather than drive the industry apart, a panel of insurance industry stakeholders said on day two of the AFA's annual conference. Risk adviser Dave Slovinec, group risk specialist ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... give AFA members exposure to charities which benefit from the advice they are giving their clients, particularly in the insurance arena. The opportunity is to stay alert to what is going on in their clients' whole lives." Entering its 10th anniversary ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... vice-president Jenny Brown each used their opening addresses, ahead of an extraordinary general meeting triggered by Life Insurance Framework opponents within the AFA membership, to remind delegates that change and adaption have always been a part of ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... cited, committee member Matthew Thistlethwaite highlighted the instance of a CommInsure customer who took out trauma insurance in 2007 and was denied a claim after being diagnosed for rheumatoid arthritis as he did not meet the outdated definition, which ...

Adviser commission reforms pushed back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
The start date to phase down risk commissions is deferred and the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will apply to all channels of financial advice, Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services said the phasing down will ...