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ASIC boosts AFSL application requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... programs for monitoring supervision and training of representatives and a risk management statement. Life insurers and life insurance underwriters will need to provide the corporate regulator with a life insurance capacity statement and underwriting ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
KPMG has appointed a life insurance lead partner who previously held executive roles at AMP and Challenger. Pauline Blight-Johnston joins the consulting firm's actuarial and financial risk practice on October 8. She was most recently general manager ...

AMP Life appoints temporary investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... "Since the sale agreement in October, our financial results have reinforced that AMP is not the best owner of a life insurance business with higher capital requirements and earnings volatility." "Indeed, the recent sale of many major life insurance groups ...

Group insured, advised clients better off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
A joint-project on life insurance claims and disputes has revealed group insured and advised clients are better off when it comes to life policies. Just the second publication to use the full data set from ASIC and APRA's initiative since its launch ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A moratorium on genetic testing in the life insurance industry means that Australians can get up to half a million dollars of life cover without disclosing genetic tests. The Financial Services Council approved a moratorium on genetic tests in life ...

OnePath awards $210m in mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... of the transfer are not met by October 17, either ANZ and IOOF can call off the sale. ANZ also sold the OnePath life insurance business to Zurich which completed earlier this month..

OnePath updates trauma definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... updated more than 600 trauma definitions in a bid to be more customer-centric as part of its commitment to the Life Insurance Code of Practice. The review, which commenced in 2018, assessed more than 25,000 trauma policies to ensure the most up-to-date ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... to achieve workable and practical outcomes for members." Recently the two associations have also partnered on a life insurance taskforce as ASIC's Life Insurance Framework review approaches.

Insurer to add value via tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The battle for customer engagement and demonstrable value in the world of life insurance is leading to a raft of new offers, including a new wellness program from Zurich. Zurich today launched LiveWell, an app-based program that will reward customers ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The key financial advice associations have teamed up for a life insurance taskforce as the industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association ...