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TAL Direct business penalised for advertising

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... be sold through advisers and some superannuation funds, but due to increasing regulatory pressure on reducing claims, insurers (including TAL) have been refining waiting periods and payment patterns.

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... "Australians will remain none the wiser about underlying costs charged by superannuation investment platforms run by banks and insurers, under new disclosure requirements." He noted that "a special carve-out has been provided for 'platform-based' choice ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... reforms, but reiterated the need for the new "industry standard" for Approved Product Lists (APLs) to include all life insurers. "The Government has made sensible progress on the Life Insurance Reforms that have been announced today. We look forward ...

Life insurers must address group risk schemes: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... Authority (APRA) believes an unexpected increase in the cost of insurance for superannuation fund members has come from life insurers not addressing underlying structural issues in group risk schemes. In APRA's 2015 Annual Report released this week ...

Life Insurance Framework fear fading

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... said, because "if we are looking at longer responsibility periods, we need to ensure we're doing everything we can as insurers and advisers so that cover stays in place for the long term. "That was one of the biggest issues ASIC called out last year ...

MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... by the fact that, currently, the group is not a major player in the superannuation insurance market - it lags behind insurers with much higher penetration in the industry fund sector such as AIA Australia, TAL Life, OnePath, CommInsure and Hannover Re. ...

NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... share (12.1%) and is behind TAL, AIA, AMP and CommInsure. Rainmaker research shows that MLC is not among Australia's top insurers in the superannuation space by members served. MLC is ninth in the list of top superannuation insurers and it serves less ...

AMP appoints ESG analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... associate director of financials on the institutional desk. At AAP Securities she also advised large institutions on banks, insurers and diversified financials. Prior to this she was a senior analyst with corporate governance advisory service Ownership ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
A life insurance comparison website says consumers should be questioning premium increases at a time when life insurers continue to make substantial profits. Lifeinsurancedirect.com.au chief executive Russell Cain said top life insurers such as AMP ...