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Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Life insurance claims paid out billions of dollars to Australians last year. However, the industry needs to focus on creating awareness for its members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Cancer is still the biggest killer of both men and women, while women are more likely to claim income protection for mental health reasons, according to the Financial Services Council. The FSC said it is using Life Insurance Awareness week as an opportunity ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Life insurers are continuing to pay out more for mental health related claims, as Australians take longer to return to work, according to new analysis. The latest edition of KPMG and the Financial Services Council's five year study on life insurance ...

Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Q1." WTW divides insurance/reinsurance businesses into four main areas of focus: auto, property, commercial, and life, accident and health. This quarter, property and casualty (P&C) Insurtechs widened their share of total and early-stage funding to over ...

ClearView restructures pricing as life sector struggles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... stepped and hybrid income protection products the firm will has increased benefit period for one, two and five years and accident-only cover by 10%, while also increasing benefit periods to age 60, 65 and 70 by 35%. Additionally, the insurer has introduced ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... respondents rated cancer as the number one illness likely to happen to someone like them, followed by a heart attack, car accident or a stroke. "There appears to be a disconnect here and although respondents believe these illnesses are likely, they are ...

High claims acceptance among insurers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... policyholder from lodging a claim that is not covered by the policy," the regulators said. "The exception is Individual Advised Accident, which has an unusually low admittance rate." However, the regulators note that while claims for individual advised ...

Envestnet founder tragically killed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
Founder and chief executive of Envestnet Jud Bergman has been tragically killed in a car accident alongside his wife, Hanover Hill Wealth Advisors founder Mary Miller. A former managing director of mutual funds at Nuveen Investments, Bergman founded ...

Group insured, advised clients better off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... income protection, with advised clients having claims admitted in 95% of cases, and non-advised clients coming in at 85%. Accident cover saw individual non-advised register 82% admittance, with just 19% for advised clients. However, group insurance was ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... management on these issues." The investor initiative now has 55 funds participating including the original group of NZ Super, Accident Compensation Corporation, Government Superannuation Fund, National Provident Fund and Kiwi Wealth. AMP Financial Services ...