Federal Court clears way for Zurich growth with acquisition of Macquarie Life’s risk business

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The Federal Court of Australia has approved the transfer of Macquarie Life’s risk business to Zurich Australia Limited (Zurich). The completion of the court and regulatory approval process means that the... Read more continue reading

TAL strengthens Risk Academy accreditation

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TAL continues to build on its TAL Risk Academy program for advisers with a new education partnership and ‘on demand’ courses designed to be flexible for advisers. This is an... Read more continue reading

AMP launches financial adviser support site for insurance

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AMP has launched an adviser support website offering a one-stop site for financial advisers on all things insurance, including a range of tools and support initiatives. The specialist website is... Read more continue reading

The impact of time barring

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Time-bar clauses do exactly what they sound like: they restrict the timeframes in which rights can be enforced. This can be a problem because signing contracts which contain these clauses... Read more continue reading

Unpaid life insurance remains valid

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Watch out insurers: life insurance policies can remain on foot even if the premium is unpaid. How is this even possible? Most people assume that if they don’t pay the... Read more continue reading

Avoid being overcharged on life insurance premiums

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Life Insurance Direct has done extensive research of more than 3,000 quotes from 32 brands to launch the 2016 Life Insurance Direct Quote Index. The research reveals that certain big... Read more continue reading

Omniwealth launches General Insurance Broking Services arm

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Diversified financial services group, Omniwealth, has launched Omniwealth Insurance Services to assist business clients with general insurance services. This new service further extends Omniwealth’s existing suite of in-house financial planning,... Read more continue reading

Only 31% of Australians have income protection insurance

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Is your car insured? Over 83% of Australians say ‘Yes’. Is your home insured? Probably. Is your largest income producing asset insured? Probably not. Research collated by Lifewise.org.au shows that only 31%... Read more continue reading

Is it cartel behaviour that is creating Life Insurance limbo for consumers and small business?

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All stakeholders in the Life Insurance industry sit in costly, destructive limbo because common-sense, consumer-focused resistance to faultily designed ‘reforms’ has stalled the passage of the LIF (Life Insurance Framework)... Read more continue reading

Advice and insight on the future of underwriting from Zurich’s Chief Underwriter

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Time is valuable and in today’s rapidly changing advice landscape, it’s becoming more important than ever to boost efficiency and focus on your core value proposition – providing quality advice... Read more continue reading