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Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation is reducing its life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums for younger members by as much as 50%. MTAA Super recently renewed its long-standing partnership with MetLife to June 2020. The pair ...

ASIC bans ex-CBA adviser for five years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
ASIC banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser from providing financial services for five years. ASIC found Kimberley Holgate advised clients to rollover their existing superannuation account to a new product issued by CBA's subsidiary ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, accepts EU

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial planning business and cancelled its AFSL. The EU also means Breakaway Finance Group's sole director Mark Roberts will remove himself from the industry for at least two years. Following ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... technology in an effort to promote life insurance adoption across the UK. FaceQuote is able to quote a monthly life insurance premium for prospective customers based on age estimates calculated after a selfie is captured. Zurich UK said introducing the ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... are well articulated. She suggests making the separation clear between the value of advice and the value of an insurance premium.

AustralianSuper launches insurance-free product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
AustralianSuper has launched a new product that will combat superannuation account balances eroding from insurance premiums. Super Only protects short-term workers' accounts employed under the Supported Employment Services Award. Disability supported ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... are well articulated. She suggests making the separation clear between the value of advice and the value of an insurance premium. "If you charge an advice fee and then 'rebate' if you get commission, I would suggest you reduce the commission and not ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Whether or not superannuation funds should stop charging life insurance cover after 13 months without contributions has divided the industry, Financial Standard's weekly survey results show. Forty-nine percent of respondents said it's only fair superannuation ...

Spring FG acquires $200m dealer group

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Listed wealth firm Spring Financial Group has acquired a dealer group with a combined $200 million in funds under advice. Under the terms of the acquisition, Spring FG will pay a total consideration of $1.67 million to acquire all issued capital of ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is urging superannuation trustees to sign up to its voluntary life insurance code of practice, which will come into effect 1 July 2018. To eschew account balance erosion, super trustees under the code will ...