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AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... timelines with respect to processing claims and responding to complaints, but as our clients' experiences show numerous insurers have completely ignored these timeframes despite being signed up to the code," Mennen said. He denounced the industry as ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... supported the opt-out model for life insurance within group superannuation." It blasted superannuation trustees and life insurers' current "dearth of action" to fix the duplicate insurance within group superannuation problem as "completely unacceptable." ...

CommInsure launches digital claims for super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
CommInsure will now offer digital claims for its institutional partners, joining other insurers digitising their claims process. CommInsure says the digitization will be end-to-end, covering all aspects of the claim process. "We listened closely to ...

FSC proposes genetics and insurance council

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... the rapid advancement and importance of genetic science. The FSC's standard governing the use of genetic tests by life insurers was developed in 2002 - an area the industry self-regulates so Australians can confidently participate in medical or university ...

FSC honours life insurance industry talent

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... industry who are facing these challenges head on, she said. The FSC has more than 100 members representing Australia's life insurers, superannuation funds, retail and wholesale funds management businesses, financial advisory networks and licensed trustee ...

Life insurer profitably improving: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Life insurers ended 2017 on a positive note, reporting solid investment revenue performance and an improvement in profitability. APRA's latest statistics in the 12 months to December 2017 show the life insurance industry recorded total revenue of $36.2 ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... redefining approaches to healthy living and inspiring an upsurge of interest in personal wellbeing. The challenge for insurers however, is determining how to access this wealth of data and use it most effectively without facing any conflicts of interest ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... greater use of data to focus ASIC's surveillance of life insurance advice. The project sees ASIC receive reports from life insurers that list the names of advisers who meet specific thresholds relating to lapsed policies. ASIC analyses these reports ...

BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
BT Financial Group advisers will see two insurers added to the BT life insurance approved product list from March, a threefold increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten ...