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APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... data on life insurance claims and disputes, demonstrating the difference financial advisers make when it comes to TPD and trauma claims. ASIC's MoneySmart life insurance claims comparison tool has been updated with the latest data. The tool compares ...

Through good and bad: Advisers add value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... knowledge is invaluable through periods of change. Whether personal circumstances change, as a result of redundancy, personal trauma, inheritance or business transactions, advisers will work with clients to identify the best path forward," the report ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... condition definitions. So as a further protection for ClearView policyholders, there is an overarching clause introducing the trauma definitions on page 91 of the current PDS stating that 'if the method for diagnosing the relevant trauma condition ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
A financial adviser has publicly called on the chief executive of Media Super to explain why a total and permanent disability claim for a very vulnerable client has been indefinitely delayed. ClaimRight founder and Financial Planning Association of ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Maurice Blackburn wants AMP to hand over documents relating to its handling of sexual harassment complaints before it will consent to the Pahari report being released to the public. Yesterday, AMP said it would publicly release its report into complaints ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... for "misleading and deceptive statements" on some of CommInsure websites relating to the extent customers were entitled trauma cover if they suffered a heart attack. The insurer had to pay a $300,000 fine.

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... once again, returning to Wuhan's once-deserted streets. However, although the city has reopened, it is likely that the trauma of the pandemic will linger for many years to come. According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been 3213 deaths from ...

ClearView restructures pricing as life sector struggles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... hybrid premium lump sum cover, while also reducing size discounts for lower Life and TPD cover amounts, and for higher Trauma cover amounts. Across its stepped and hybrid income protection products the firm will has increased benefit period for one ...

Natural disaster support training to launch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... disasters. The life insurer will launch a new course through its Risk Academy training program to support clients experiencing trauma and grief as a result of a natural disaster, following a summer of extreme weather. The life insurer will partner with ...

AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... personal insurances." The class action is open to anyone who obtained an AMP Flexible Lifetime Policy (including death, TPD, trauma, income protection and business protection insurance) from 2013 onwards from AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...