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Insurance

Australians prioritise car cover over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Australians prioritise insuring their cars more than their own lives, latest research shows.

Life risk commissions must also go: Hayne

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has recommended ASIC ultimately whittle down the commissions on life insurance products to zero unless there is a clear justification to keep them.

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Insurers will find it tougher to dodge paying out claims if the Royal Commission's recommendation to amend insurance law is enacted.

FSC extends life code consultation deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
The Financial Services Council is extending the consultation period for the second iteration of its life code until 31 January 2019.

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
New York-based research house Strategic Insight has been acquired in a deal expected to close soon.

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission is calling for an independent public inquiry into group insurance and floated the possibility of tougher regulation that includes sharper ASIC oversight.

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers.

$200k on the life-line for new Freedom chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
The employment contract of Freedom's new chief executive includes a $200,000 pay increase if he can secure the firm a life insurance licence.

Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
An Australian insurer has awarded a Natixis affiliate a mandate to manage $80 million in an absolute return strategy.

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Australians do not want to subsidise life insurance for those with adverse genetic test results, according to the latest Financial Services Council study.