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Is risk advice at risk?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... consumers with no option but to buy life insurance direct from providers. However, recent research from both Roy Morgan and NobleOak suggests that this may not be an issue. According to Roy Morgan's latest Source Survey, in the 12 months to November ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... closely followed by the employer or group insurance channel (23.9%). In the 2017 life insurance buying behaviour study by NobleOak, almost half (43.6%) of 1000 respondents preferred to consult the internet when considering life insurance. A growing trend ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... 7.3% of current policies, up from 7% five years ago, with policy numbers showing no real change. A recent study from NobleOak found consumers are increasingly relying on the internet and digital devices to purchase life insurance instead of financial ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... relying on the internet and digital devices to purchase life insurance instead of financial advisers, a new study from NobleOak shows. Almost half (43.6%) of the 1000 respondents in NobleOak and Pureprofile's 2017 life insurance buying behaviour research ...

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle product.

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle product.

Freedom Insurance sells stake in NobleOak

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Life insurance distributor Freedom Insurance Group is selling a stake in its issuer NobleOak Life after finalising a $7 million sale of its non-core investment in the company. The original investment was made in conjunction with the arrangement for ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... in the ASX in November 2016 and the following month terminated its product development and distribution contract with NobleOak. In February, Swiss Re became the insurer of its distributed products. Cohen flagged the company has a medium-term goal of ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... and incentives for sales staff in meeting targets, as well as the performance management structures it has in place. NobleOak chief executive Anthony Brown, who was also part of a panel of experts speaking on how direct life insurance can be improved ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... overwhelming majority (84%) of Australians purchase life insurance based on the cost of premiums, according to life insurer NobleOak. What's concerning is that more than half of consumers (52%) buy life insurance or income protection cover online due ...