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CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024   12:31PM
Close to half of Australian workers have three months or less savings to get them through a disability impacting their ability to work, and women are particularly at risk, according to new research by MLC Life Insurance.

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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has reported a sharp decline in group insurance coverage, pointing the finger at recent reforms.

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has issued life insurance regulations that aim to modernise the legislative framework.

iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
After being rebuked by ASIC for operating without an AFS Licence, iExtend is now running under a Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR) arrangement for the interim.

Generation Development Group nears $3bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Generational Development Group (GDG) has reported a 24% increase in funds under management (FUM) from the previous year, reaching nearly $3 billion as of December 2023.

AMP names new group insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
AMP has named a new default insurance provider for its superannuation offering to replace Resolution Life.

Zurich cleared by Federal Court in life insurance dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
Zurich Australia has been cleared of breaching its duty of utmost good faith by the Federal Court, in a case connected to OnePath Life's avoidance of an income protection policy.

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Life insurers are underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve.

A third of Aussies want life insurance advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) shows the number of people receiving professional life insurance advice remains low, despite a third showing interest.

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Treasury is calling for feedback on the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting, citing concerns the existing moratorium is ineffective, negatively impacting medical research efforts, and a lack of compliance from insurers.
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