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ASIC cancel advice firm's AFS licence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... business that provides financial advice for clients with self-managed super funds or similar investments and income protection and life insurance policies. The Corporations Act allows ASIC to suspend or cancel an Australian financial services licence ...

Allianz wins top insurance award

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... "Australians are significantly underinsured when it comes to life insurance. Many Australians hold life and income protection insurance through their super but many have only accepted the default level, which can leave them exposed to the risk of financial ...

MLC revamps insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... series of changes to its insurance offering in an effort to meet customer demand for further premium savings on income protection. The National Australia Bank owned wealth manager has introduced RiskFirst rapid to its MLC Insurance product, which allows ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
More than half of Australian superannuation funds will offer default income protection in their MySuper offers, according to a survey released at the recent AIA Australia Group Insurance Summit held in Sydney. Thirty-two executives from 26 retail and ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...

APRA tweaks insurance in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
APRA will change its stance on insurance in super, allowing registered superannuation entities to seek income protection through general rather than life insurance providers alone. Acknowledging that APRA's initial approach was prescriptive, deputy ...

AMP updates FLP insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... provide any evidence of health status. AMP has also changed its eligibility criteria for FLP's in-built GFI for Income Protection and Temporary Salary Continuance, which will allow more people to access this feature. Ashton said this valuable feature ...

Provisio SOA tool can test 'reasonable basis'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... it's going to be harder to justify a switch." Provisio's tool considers the sum of all existing life, TPD, and income protection insurance the client holds across all existing funds, and determines whether the total insurance cover, including waiting ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins $34m in mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... discounts on financial and lifestyle products, and Best Doctors, a medical service that's accessible to members with income protection to age 65, are also proving attractive," Mulholland said. McMillan Shakespeare is a national provider of salary packaging ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... spent the last six years living." He said he had planned succession in his business and had been paid out on the income protection, trauma and life insurance (via terminal illness benefit) policies he had put in place to protect himself and his family. ...