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Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... affected by domestic and family violence are experiencing financial abuse. The program offers access to independent specialist trauma counsellors, financial assistance, safe establishment of bank accounts and over the phone support to ensure appropriate ...

ASIC takes civil action against AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... practice allowed planners to receive higher commissions than normal by advising clients to cancel their existing life, TPD, trauma and income protection insurance policies. By advising clients to take out new replacement policies instead, planners earned ...

Efficiency and transparency drive client satisfaction during life claims: Beddoes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... assessment, payment, claims staff and ongoing claims management. The report tracks the experience of customers with a paid TPD, trauma or income protection claim against the core aspects. Five-hundred recent claims customers who took out a policy through ...

Cardena Private Wealth adds life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... The MBS-Cardena integrated insurance offering will include business continuity insurance, income protection insurance, trauma, life, TPD cover - for individuals as well as for group risk protection of companies' staff. MBS has secured the partnership ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... covers new business and underwriting services, claims services and business support services. The insurer also picked up the Trauma Product of the Year for its TAL Life Critical Illness Premier Plan. CommInsure also won three awards: Investment Bond ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... life policies have dominated in-force annual premiums (42%) over the last decade, followed by income protection (27%), trauma (14%) and TPD (10%). TPD recorded the fastest-growing segment, 8.1% over the past 10 years and 13.8% year-on-year. Stepped premiums ...

SMFSA voices support for AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... a one-stop shop now gives them an avenue to address their complaints in a way that is binding and without the cost and trauma that can occur in the court system." A caveat in the revised explanatory memorandum noted "certain complaints relating to self-managed ...

Advice firm enters insurance market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... insurance offering. New and existing clients of Hewison Private Wealth can now obtain life, TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, free from commissions. Clients that take out policies will pay an annual fee-for-service comprising implementation ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... had little or no value via car dealerships under its MTA Consumer Credit Insurance. MTA Insurance will refund life and trauma insurance premiums to customers who were 25 years old or less when the policy was sold to them (unless they elect to keep the ...

FSC finalises life insurance APL guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... with a new set of standardised medical definitions, in July. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were developed via consultation with medical professionals; they will be regularly reviewed and ...