Life insurance and financial services are very much in the spotlight at the moment. The controversy can make it easy to overlook the very real benefits that life insurance provides. Here, Suzie Brown, General Manager for Distribution at Integrity Life, outlines some of the key considerations for financial advisers when making life insurance recommendations and... Read more continue reading
14
Feb
2019
In analysing common methodologies used across the life insurance advice sector, we were able to identify a missing link that could help advice be more tailored and personalised. The Cost of Care whitepaper is an industry first, bringing together detailed research across the broad spectrum of injury and disease. Across three articles, we will delve... Read more continue reading
22
Jan
2019
In analysing common methodologies used across the life insurance advice sector, we were able to identify a missing link that could help advice be more tailored and personalised. The Cost of Care whitepaper is an industry first, bringing together detailed research across the broad spectrum of injury and disease. Across three articles, we will delve... Read more continue reading
10
Dec
2018
In analysing common methodologies used across the life insurance advice sector, we were able to identify a missing link that could help advice be more tailored and personalised. The Cost of Care whitepaper is an industry first, bringing together detailed research across the broad spectrum of injury and disease. Across three articles, we will delve... Read more continue reading
20
Nov
2018
Over a third of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) do not have a succession plan in place and almost half say their business would only be able to operate for up to a year if they were unable to work, according to a new report by life insurance company, MetLife Australia. The MetLife Adviser-Client Relationship... Read more continue reading
07
Nov
2018
New Zurich research has accurately quantified the direct and indirect costs of serious health conditions, providing licensees and advisers with a more robust platform to recommend products, benefits and sums insured to life insurance consumers. Zurich’s Cost of Care study, conducted in conjunction with research partner Zest Healthcare Communications, draws on industry wide data to... Read more continue reading
24
Sep
2018
Despite challenging market conditions and profitability remaining under continued pressure, insurers are in a relatively upbeat mood and ready to take on more risk, according to a study commissioned by BlackRock. “Searching for better returns”, BlackRock’s seventh annual global survey of 372 senior insurance executives across 27 countries in the insurance and reinsurance sectors, representing... Read more continue reading
24
Sep
2018
TAL, a leading Australian life insurance specialist, has extended its musculoskeletal underwriting education initiative to focus on underwriting the spine following neck pain. This follows on from TAL’s initial launch of support tools around underwriting the spine following lower back pain. The initiative provides advisers and their clients with tools to better understand why underwriting exclusions for... Read more continue reading
04
Sep
2018
ANZ’s OnePath has made its OneCare life insurance available through HUB24, providing advisers and their clients with a greater selection of insurance products. OneCare offers advisers a comprehensive range of insurance cover that can be tailored for clients’ needs throughout their different stages. For the past two years, OnePath has won The Consumer Choice Awards... Read more continue reading
28
Aug
2018
Insurer AIA Australia continues to innovate in order to protect and improve the health of Australians by linking life and health insurance with AIA Vitality, a program which incentivises people to make healthier choices. Through the health insurance brand myOwn, AIA has initiated various innovations in the health space over the past 12 months. Launched... Read more continue reading
01
Aug
2018
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