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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... providing affordable and cost-effective cover that delivers real benefits for those whose working life is cut short by accident or illness and their families," said ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty. "Legislative constraints introduced in 2019 have ...

ASIC lifts ClearView interim stop order

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... Target Market Determination (TMD). The interim stop order applied to Clearview Life's ClearChoice Income Protection Cover and Accidental Income Protection Cover, which ASIC announced on July 19 it has imposed. ASIC was concerned that the TMD failed ...

ASIC slaps interim stop order on ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... its Target Market Determination (TMD). The interim stop order applies to Clearview Life's ClearChoice Income Protection Cover and Accidental Income Protection Cover. ASIC believes that the Income Protection Cover's TMD failed to consider the impact of ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... Award and Program Coverage Award. TAL Life and MetLife were recipients in this category also. Finally, the Overall Longevity Cover Excellence Award went to Challenger for its products to assist retirees in meeting the challenges of longevity (life expectancy). ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review of the sale of ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... or non-cash benefit were most common among funeral cover types. The highest rate of claim reversal decisions was accident cover at 20%, albeit with a low number of total disputes resolved.

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... Protection Award was handed to Insuranceline. The award for Accidental Injury went to HCF Life and Suncorp won the Funeral Cover Award. Meanwhile, the Innovation Technology Award went to Insuranceline and the Innovation Product Award went to HCF Life. ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... selling by Freedom Insurance of insurance products issued by Swiss Re Life and Health Australia, including final expenses cover (a type of life cover), accidental death cover and accidental injury cover. Some of the incentives sales agents could qualify ...

Christian Super enhances insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... activities without assistance or adaptation. Members under 30 years old will also now receive the same amount of default TPD cover as they do death cover. Currently they receive more TPD cover as this age cohort has typically needed more TPD cover than ...

MLC Life refreshes income protection offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... needs". "We looked at the principles of indemnity, and insuring definable, calculable, and meaningful losses caused by accident, injury, or illness," Rogers said. "We believe these products strike the right balance between benefits and affordability. ...
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