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CALI names chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... consumer representatives, regulators, government and other industry associations on issues critical to the life insurance industry."

CALI progressing well: Mu

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... establishment is important. "As the AFA has been doing a lot of heavy lifting for financial advisers, the life insurance industry also has been in a significant scrutiny and through a lot of change," he said. "We need to make sure that we are collectively ...

Insurers to get new advocacy body

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Australia's life insurance industry will soon have a new peak body, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Expected to launch later this year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective of life insurers who believe it is now time for the sector ...

Integrity Life appoints chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... on his new position, Khurana shared some of his plans. "Integrity Life was established to transform the life insurance industry in Australia. We plan to use the latest, state of the art technology capabilities to make Integrity the most efficient and ...

Risk inflows marginally recover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... recorded 115.2% growth and was followed by ClearView (23.7%) and MLC (13.7). The statistics come after the life insurance industry said the increase in life insurance premiums over the last few years are a problem that needs to be fixed rather than a ...

Consumers lose out on IP changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... October 1, several changes to income protection insurance will come into effect as part of a drive from the life insurance industry to recoup more than $3 billion in losses over the past five years, meaning certain benefits will be removed or reduced ...

TAL releases income protection range

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... industry, we get these products right for them," he said. APRA has put forth several changes that the life insurance industry must implement for income protection insurance. It gave life insurers more time to have new policy contract terms in place by ...

Updated life code released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... feedback from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the life insurance industry, ASIC reviews, Productivity Commission reports, feedback from consumer advocates and the Royal Commission. "The code, which ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The life insurance industry has emerged as a key driver of global economic growth, new research shows. The latest MetLife Value of Life Insurance report aims to increase customer engagement and noted life insurance provides stable, long-term investment ...

ClearView appoints head of life strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... manager, life insurance Gerard Ker r, who also joined ClearView after having worked at Zurich and ANZ. "The life insurance industry is undergoing enormous structural and regulatory change making it critically important for life insurers to have experienced ...