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ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... impact and costs to consumers; should commissions be reduced or banned, therefore seeing consumers having to pay fees and premiums," as well as consumers "that may be required to source their protection from "group" or "direct" policies which generally ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... retirement savings. This would "ensure their savings are not unnecessarily eroded by multiple sets of fees and insurance premiums." "It doesn't make sense to force employees to save money in superannuation, but then leave key decisions about how it is ...

Retirement income to take super centre-stage

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... the ongoing prospects for the individual and group risk insurance markets, predicting that individual lump sum in-force premiums will increase by 9.2% per annum to $15 billion by June 2025. Group premiums have a similar projected growth trajectory, increasing ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... income inflows but both recorded losses in growth by 2.3% and 0.4% respectively. MLC did recently announce it is cutting premiums for two life insurance products by up to 15% as part of a reinvigoration aimed solely at attracting new customers. Plan ...

Zurich restructures retail life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... which is more in line with the latest claims trends. "We expect this will drive much more stability and predictability in premiums, which is vitally important to both advisers and customers."

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
MLC has announced it is cutting premiums for two life insurance products by up to 15% as part of a reinvigoration aimed solely at attracting new customers. The premium cuts come into effect at the same time MLC is beginning its customer smartwatch fitness ...

Madison FG grows advisers by 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... has now 88 advisers across 50 practices and it manages over $3.5 billion in funds under advice and $70 million in risk premiums. Madison FG has appointed former national business manager at Capstone Financial Planning, Jaime Johns, to support the growing ...

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... wheel of fortune according to research published jointly by Challenger and Drew, Walk & Co. The research says equity risk premiums (ERP) - the additional equity return over the government bond rate - are volatile and unpredictable. The research also ...

MLC to vary premiums with fitness smartwatch

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
MLC will introduce a new initiative to track real-time customer fitness data and vary premiums accordingly. The MLC On Track program uses Intel's Basic Peak smartwatch to capture daily fitness and lifestyle data for customers, and rewards those who ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... second year. ASIC will review the success of the reforms in 2018, once the upfront commission has been reduced to 60% of premiums. "If the 2018 review does not identify significant improvement, the Government will move to mandate level commissions, as ...