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Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... already proposed ASIC would oversee enforcement as it is responsible for the general administration of the Insurance Contracts Act, however the consultation is looking to establish how this would interact with enforcement options under the DDA. Further ...

ASIC secures win against HCF Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... if the customer was not aware of the pre-existing condition. Additionally, ASIC said section 47 of the Insurance Contracts Act (ICA) prevents insurers from excluding coverage for non-disclosure of a pre-existing condition if the customer was not aware ...

AFCA consults on superannuation life insurance disputes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... approach documents for "key areas" in superannuation: the new approach to sections 29(6) and 29(7) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984, and the amended approach to delayed insurance claims in superannuation. "The draft Approaches have been developed ...

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... AFCA said. The authority said it is looking to create a new approach to sections 29 (6) and (7) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) (ICA) when it comes to superannuation. It is also looking to amend its approach to delayed insurance claims in the ...

Zurich cleared by Federal Court in life insurance dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... income protection policy. The case marks ASIC's first attempt to impose a civil penalty under s13 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), a section that mandates insurers uphold the duty to act with utmost good faith. In 2018, OnePath, previously ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018.

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018. At the time, MLC provided income protection cover through policies that contained ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... used to check potential inconsistencies in claim information. Since March 2019, section 13(2)(A) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 imposes a civil penalty on an insurer that fails to act towards an insured with utmost good faith. The penalty did not ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Investors can also withdraw their funds at any time. Further, they are treated as non-estate assets (under the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 ) and can be cordoned off from future claims made by creditors (under the Bankruptcy Act 1996 ). Salsbury said ...

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... history". The court yesterday found TAL guilty of breaching its duty to act with utmost good faith under the Insurance Contracts Act. (Interestingly, TAL's lawyers had alleged the customer breached her duty of good faith under the Act by failing ...
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