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Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... comparing advised premiums against direct insurance premiums, direct premiums were found to be more expensive across life, trauma and income protection. "The gap between advised and direct has continued to increase with larger increases shown in life ...

CommInsure cleared of medical misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... enforcement regime," the regulator said. Finally, in regards to CommInsure using outdated medical definitions for its retail trauma policies, ASIC noted that there is currently no legal basis for it to take enforcement action. "This is because the law ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... its Income Protection Plus Plan and the Client Services Team award for its claims division. OnePath won the Term/TPD and Trauma awards; CommInsure won for Risk Product Innovation, Annuity and Income Stream Innovation, and Investment Bond Results; Challenger ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... product offering. The enhancements include more generous expiry ages, an extended indemnity income protection policy, updated trauma definitions and a continuation of total and permanent disability (TPD) cover inside super "when cover outside super ends ...

NobleOak Life offerings recognised for excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, also receiving the TPD Award for its Premium Life Direct TPD Option Rider and the Trauma Rider Award for its Premium Life Protect - Trauma Option Rider with Life product. Other winners in the Product Awards category ...

CommInsure continues to be investigated

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... 2016, CommInsure announced that it would update the definitions of heart attack and severe rheumatoid arthritis in its trauma products, and reassess past claims under those definitions going back to 11 May 2014. CommInsure advises it has paid benefits ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... CommInsure cases cited, committee member Matthew Thistlethwaite highlighted the instance of a CommInsure customer who took out trauma insurance in 2007 and was denied a claim after being diagnosed for rheumatoid arthritis as he did not meet the outdated ...

ClearView updates LifeSolutions suite, increases premiums

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... included as a built in benefit at no extra cost to the customer. ClearView has also introduced a safety net provision for all trauma conditions and has updated the online quote tool to allow users to apply a loading and print premium projections and ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... Code of Practice for public consultation. The code considers all life insurance services and policy types, including TPD, trauma, disability, funeral insurance, salary continuance and CCI. However, the code would not apply to whole-of-life and endowment ...

Advisers can seek AMP for insurance support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... policies. The discount lasts for the life of the policy and can be combined with a 5% multi-plan discount on Life, TPD and Trauma policies when bundled with an eligible Income Protection policy. Financial advisers can access the support site here.