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AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ended 2019 down significantly. The entire life insurance sector in Australia suffered ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The hits keep coming for Australia's life insurance industry, with new data showing total risk premiums inflows dropped by more than $790 million in the 12 months to September 2019, as major players endured another tough year. Australia's life insurance ...

Class action accuses CFS of dodgy insurance fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... policies with cheaper premiums were available through other providers. "These customers were forced to pay more for life insurance as well as total and permanent disability insurance, and this has eaten into their superannuation," Shine class actions ...

MLC Life chief steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... establishment as a standalone life insurer whilst separating from the National Australia Bank and joining the Nippon Life Insurance Group," MLC Life said. "This has been a complex and difficult task and has required enormous personal time and energy ...

What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... client needs. The MetLife Client-Adviser Relationship Report looked at what clients want from financial advice and life insurance. The research found that "commission" isn't necessarily a dirty word to clients - but they want flexibility in how they ...

MetLife appoints KPMG super director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... work in partnership with them to navigate this changing landscape." He said Tse will help restructure MetLife's life insurance business. "[Tse will] play an important role in evolving our life insurance business and the industry," Nunn said. "We intend ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released its look-back at 2019, making special mention of tough times for the life insurance industry and questioning its sustainability. "Australia's life insurance sector faced deteriorating conditions over ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... regulations to make insurance claims handling a financial service, detailed several ways in which advice in relation to life insurance and the claims handling process could be tightened up. The FPA supports the Royal Commission's recommendation 4.8 ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... discuss proposed models for robo-advice covering risk profiling and investment advice, superannuation strategies, life insurance, self-managed super fund establishment and holistic advice. "Different types of digital advice models face different challenges ...

FSC, super sector steps up for bushfire affected

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Financial Services Council launched a tool to help bushfire affected Australians and their beneficiaries locate life insurance policies in the event they cannot find or remember their policy details in the aftermath of the disaster. Speaking with Financial ...