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More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... of a compliance scheme or code monitoring body from 1 January 2020. It is expected that most industry associations will apply to monitor and enforce compliance with the code/s.

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
ANZ's life insurance arm has released its predictive underwriting technology following a successful soft launch. The big data-powered underwriting engine will allow customers applying for OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ...

Advice group continues education standards preparation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... recently announced it has created soft skills videos to help its adviser network (currently about 65 advisers) practically apply the theory of business succession planning and key person insurance.

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... assistance regardless of whether the policyholder's injury is related to work, and if so, workers compensation schemes may apply. Maurice Blackburn countered this proposal in its submission, stating it would inadvertently set up two systems: the ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Industry Super Australia suggests the Australian Taxation Office's approach to unpaid superannuation is becoming a moral hazard whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this ...

Downsizer scheme gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
The recently introduced downsizer contributions strategy is gaining traction, with the new scheme topping the list of adviser queries for the September quarter. BT Financial Group's technical team fielded about 3000 queries over the quarter, a significant ...

NAB still unclear on true impact of misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn failed to give an exact number of clients hit by the bank's misconduct as he fronted the parliamentary inquiry into major banks in Canberra this morning. Thorburn said he expects the total number of customers ...

BTFG enhances life cover application process, waives fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
BT Financial Group is making it easier for financial advisers and their clients to apply for life insurance. Following an update to BTFG's LifeCENTRAL+ software, advisers can now share information online and will also soon be able to apply online via ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund. Tasplan appointed MetLife to deliver insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

TAL refutes duty of good faith breaches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... insurer's Underwriting and Disclosure Review Guide for Claims was already in place. The group insurer said that process did not apply to all claims, but rather was limited to claims where either the information presented at the time of the claim ...