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Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... sales," he said. A Roy Morgan survey released in January found the phone was the most popular means of purchasing life insurance policies.

ClearView issues refunds over life sales misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... remediation program and will no longer sell life insurance directly to consumers without personal advice. "Purchasing life insurance is a key financial decision for consumers, and all the information provided to them must be clear and balanced. Insurers ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Using the telephone was the most popular means of purchasing life insurance policies in the year to November, the latest Roy Morgan survey shows. One-quarter (24.7%) of the 7632 consumers polled in Roy Morgan's Single Source survey rang the company ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... resulted in price as the key decision driver, with the cost of premiums cited as a critical factor when purchasing life insurance. Brown said: "Price continues to gain momentum as the determinant of choice for many consumers when it comes to life insurance ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
A major review investigating why some consumers are worse off from purchasing life insurance via direct channels is underway. ASIC senior executive leader and regional commissioner, Michael Saadat, told the FSC Leaders Summit this week that the corporate ...

Virgin Money cops fine for misleading direct insurance ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... affects coverage of the Product', when in fact weight could be a relevant factor in determining coverage. "Purchasing life insurance is an important decision and consumers should be able to confidently rely on representations made to them in advertising," ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... time-poor and are comfortable doing applications on the web. "It removes an important barrier to people purchasing life insurance. Feedback has shown that answering personal questions from an adviser was uncomfortable for many people, but now mylink ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
More than two in five women with dependents have no life insurance because many perceive purchasing life insurance to be a costly, time-consuming exercise, according to an Allianz report. Meredith Barnes, national development manager, said women either ...
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