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New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... immediately see if a clients' health conditions or pastimes result in a loading or exclusion and how these may impact their premiums."

YBR in trading halt, flags loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... present value of the group's net trail commission receivable from its underlying mortgage book or book of insurance premiums under management, but will be applied against goodwill and intangible and other assets. The charge results from assessing ...

ClearView posts first half profit dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... flow-on-effect from the Life Insurance Framework's caps and rules). These offset the 12% increase in life insurance gross premiums and 15% growth in the life insurance in-force portfolio. "Retention strategies and effects (including further implementation ...

Clearview overhauls life insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... offering. New LifeSolutions customers will be subject to new pricing structures from 1 March 2019. Stepped and hybrid premiums life and TPD premium rates will be lowered, while trauma, income protection and business expenses premiums will increase. Rates ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... denied 88% of the claims made on accidental death policies over the previous five years, while reaping $121 million in premiums. Hayne today recommended the government amend the Insurance Contracts Act to rid such instances. " Section 29(3) of the Insurance ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... experienced numerous earnings downgrades and the outcome of the Royal Commission will only put pressure on price-earnings premiums, Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu said. "It is difficult to get excited about the attractive valuations ...

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... unintended multiple insurance policies to be the "main culprits" of worthless policies. It fears that deducting insurance premiums can have a material impact on member balances at retirement. This is particularly costly to members with low incomes, whose ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... should step in "immediately" to require trustees to articulate and quantify the account balances are being eroded by premiums and make it available on their website annually. Also on the insurance front, the Commission recommended the Federal Government ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... unfolded in September 2018. Strategic Insights found that only two life insurers posted outflows in individual lump sum premiums: CommInsure (-4.1%) and AMP (-0.7%). CommInsure said in the Royal Commission round examining life insurance that it misled ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... genetic test to predict the likelihood of becoming ill in future, but also support the principle of setting insurance premiums individually based on the likelihood of making a claim," Kirwan said. "Just over 60% of Australians are against subsidising ...