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Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Life insurance products sold directly to consumers are gaining prevalence over an area historically dominated by financial advisers and dealer groups, Strategic Insight's latest statistics show. The researcher found that in the decade to 2017, risk ...

Life insurer profitably improving: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... performance and an improvement in profitability. APRA's latest statistics in the 12 months to December 2017 show the life insurance industry recorded total revenue of $36.2 billion - comprising net policy revenue ($15.7 billion) and investment revenue ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A renewed focus on health and wellbeing is proving to be the key to engaging members with their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... delighted to be joining the insurer to drive its transformation agenda. "This Australian icon is committed to bringing life insurance into the digital age with the investments they are making in people, technology, innovation and processes. I'm honoured ...

ClearView appoints head of distribution strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Kathryn has excelled as state manager NSW/ACT, building and managing a high calibre team and taking our flagship life insurance product, LifeSolutions, to the IFA market. She is ideally-positioned and qualified to help drive and execute ClearView's ongoing ...

Is risk advice at risk?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... Australia's largest non-aligned financial advice dealer groups is arguing new education requirements could kill life insurance advice and recent research suggests the discipline may already have one foot in the grave. Synchron director Don Trapnell labelled ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... ASIC banned a Perth-based financial adviser for five years following an investigation as part of the regulator's life insurance lapse data project. Philip Leake is banned from providing financial services for five years after failing to act in his clients' ...

BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
BT Financial Group advisers will see two insurers added to the BT life insurance approved product list from March, a threefold increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten ...

ANZ adopts life insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... funds already adhere to a number of the code's aspects, including simple arrangements for members to opt-out of life insurance, and we have additional initiatives underway to comply with other code requirements." Pankhurst added the bank is also focused ...

Suncorp reviews options for life insurance business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Suncorp Group is considering all the possible options, including a potential sale of its life insurance business despite a 56% surge in underlying after-tax profit to $39 million reported in its latest financial results. The life insurance arm's strong ...