Pressure and change in the European insurance sector

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Standard Life Investments has undertaken one of the most comprehensive surveys of its type to date to understand and assess the longer-term impact of the low-return environment on European insurers.... Read more continue reading

Risk advisers need better recognition in new education standards

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Under the Government’s draft professional standards for advisers, risk advisers should have a speciality education stream that relates specifically to life insurance and should also have any existing knowledge and... Read more continue reading

TAL Office Hub for Advisers

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TAL committed to investing significantly over the next five years to assist advisers and is proud to announce another initiative as part of this long-term partnership with advisers. The new... Read more continue reading

AIA Australia revamps eClaims initiative with Sunsuper

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One of Australia’s biggest super and retirement businesses, Sunsuper, in conjunction with their key insurance partner AIA Australia, yesterday announced the launch of a new initiative that will allow fund members,... Read more continue reading

Can’t get life insurance? Technology may be partly to blame

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Data collected over a three-year period by lifeinsurancedirect.com.au suggests that it’s now harder to get all forms of life insurance – life, income protection, trauma and total and permanent disability... Read more continue reading

Simplicity, affordability and sustainability: Zurich reduces Term & TPD rates and unveils new Income Protection products

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) yesterday announced a number of changes to its retail life insurance offering, designed to help advisers position themselves for the forthcoming Life Insurance Framework (LIF) transition,... Read more continue reading

1,000 advisers join AIA Australia’s transition to hybrid program

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Leading life insurer AIA Australia yesterday announced that more than 1,000 advisers have now signed on to its popular transition to hybrid program, supporting them as they transition to the new... Read more continue reading

MLC launches rate cuts for life and TPD insurance premiums

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MLC Insurance yesterday announced it will cut premiums for two of its key life insurance products by up to 15 per cent, effective yesterday. David Hackett, Executive General Manager, Insurance, said... Read more continue reading

Synchron: Make LIF improvements work

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Synchron Director Don Trapnell said that while the amendments to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) announced last Friday will not satisfy everyone, they do represent a significant improvement on the... Read more continue reading

TAL improves identification process for Group Insurance members

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TAL’s new identification process has streamlined verification for members, saving them time and reducing paperwork. Utilising the governments’ Document Verification Service (DVS), members can now efficiently validate their identity documents... Read more continue reading