Do you have life insurance but no income protection insurance? You’re crazy

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No one likes to pay for insurance, let alone personal insurance. Who wants to think about the consequences if they die, become injured or fall ill and cannot work? Here... Read more continue reading

Over-prescriptive education could kill life insurance advice

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The Government’s approach to adviser education has the potential to kill life insurance advice, according to Synchron Director, Don Trapnell. “A mass retirement date for life insurance advisers is looming... Read more continue reading

AMP says it pays to get a healthy start

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AMP is rewarding people who live a healthy lifestyle with a discount on life insurance premiums. Eligible customers can receive a 10 per cent discount for the first five years... Read more continue reading

Five things you wouldn’t expect from a life insurer

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AMP wants to give insurance customers the gift of work this New Year and will use horses, robots and feather dusters to make it happen. Medical evidence shows work is... Read more continue reading

Trauma and your practice

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Unfortunately, a large number of Australian’s experience traumatic personal injury or illness every day. Many receive lump sum insurance or compensation payments, but are not always able to access financial... Read more continue reading

Insurance inside super: Awareness high, but work to do

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Research from MetLife Australia has debunked the perception that people don’t know about insurance inside super, revealing that awareness of this default protection is high, with most working Australians knowing... Read more continue reading

Leading life insurer, TAL, calls on Australians to embrace sun safety with a skin check this summer

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71% of Australians have not had a professional skin check in the last year and 39% have never had a skin check, despite 95% understanding the importance of sun safety1... Read more continue reading

Is the bancassurance model dead?

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Having invested billions of dollars to purchase and build insurance and wealth management divisions in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the major banks now seem to be reversing course.... Read more continue reading

Get MatchFIT for LIF with the Zurich DIET

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There is a growing concern that advisers are not adequately prepared and lack the knowledge of the remuneration changes due to take effect with the introduction of the Life Insurance... Read more continue reading

ANZ Wealth launches mental health coaching with Remedy Healthcare

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ANZ Wealth has announced the launch of its mental health coaching pilot for OneCare Income Protection customers, in partnership with Remedy Healthcare. Customers lodging income protection claims relating to depression... Read more continue reading