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FSC extends life code consultation deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... consultation period for the second iteration of its life code until 31 January 2019. The draft FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice was first released for consultation in November 2018, proposing 30 changes that include banning aggressive selling tactics ...

FSC revamps life insurer code

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
The Financial Services Council has released a new draft life insurance code of practice that makes 30 changes to the code in place since 2017. The second iteration of the code aims to lift the standards in product design, sales, underwriting, customer ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... (ANZIIF) chief executive Prue Willsford commends the steps the industry has taken to establish the Life Insurance Code of Practice. Willsford, who previously worked with the FSC and industry stakeholders to introduce fee disclosure in prospectuses, understands ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... of Practice is sufficient to protect the interests of fund members. Further, they asked if the Life Insurance Code of Practice should be extended to update medical definitions be extended to products other than on-sale products. The Corporations Act ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... assessors shouldn't be placed in the same category as financial advisers. She said however the life insurance code of practice included provisions on how claims assessors should behave. Loane said if the code - which was introduced in 2016 - failed ...

FSC responds to direct life insurance findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... poor consumers outcomes. In response to the report ASIC handed down yesterday, the FSC said its Life Insurance Code of Practice has "lifted the bar" in the industry but concedes "there is still room for improvement." The FSC rolled out the code, along ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... years. Further, KPMG forecasts public trust will be an ongoing issue and additions to the 2017 Life Insurance Code of Practice will be made.

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... executives of insurance groups that are also members of the FSC. Superannuation funds added to Life Insurance Code of Practice The FSC has also added the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice as a stand-alone chapter to its Life Insurance ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... by DST Systems, a large number of respondents (85%) want to engage with ASIC to strengthen the Life Insurance Code of Practice. About half (47%) said the industry should start working with the regulator now to improve provisions within the code. About ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice in the short time it took effect on 1 July 2017, Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said. The law firm detailed a ...