Industry leaders to share pearls of wisdom with insurance up-and-comers

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Young insurance professionals will meet with current industry heavyweights in a series of events aimed to foster the next generation of industry leaders. The Generation i: Leaders of the Pack

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Productivity Commission and industry to meet on natural disaster funding review

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The Productivity Commission will meet insurance industry leaders in a panel forum to discuss the future of natural disaster funding in Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance

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Key findings of the Investment Trends 2014 Planner Risk Report

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In its eighth year, the June 2014 Planner Risk Report is an in-depth study of Australian financial planners’ usage of insurance. The study is based on a survey of 885

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TAL seeks better life insurance outcomes for consumers

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL recommends in a new submission to the Financial System Inquiry a range of measures to improve consumer outcomes for life insurance products and services. TAL

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Innovation critical for sustainability of group insurance

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Group insurers working with their superannuation fund partners must continue to seek innovation in key areas such as benefit design, claims management, technological support and client engagement in order to

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Extra money goes to savings and holidays

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Younger Australians would spend extra income on shopping for clothes and new mobile devices before considering using the money to get financial protection for the first time or increase their

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Product innovation helps deliver strong growth for Australia’s direct life insurers

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Innovative product development coupled with speed to rationalise non-performing offers has helped underpin strong growth in Australia’s direct life insurance segment. In the 12 months to December 2013, direct life

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Zurich says education and advice key to Australians avoiding life ‘mis-insurance’ gap

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New research explores degree of Australia’s mis-informed, mis-insured Zurich yesterday released new research showing many Australians have misperceptions about their life insurance, exposing them to a “mis-insurance” gap, the consequences

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Video: The pros and cons of holding life insurance inside and outside superannuation

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Welcome to our latest video in which we provide you with a step-by-step guide on the key issues impacting on where to hold life and TPD insurances – inside or

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Don’t risk life insurance claim being rejected in bid to save time or money

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Smallest of details can result in insurance claims being rejected: Centric Wealth Buying life insurance online may seem an efficient way of buying life insurance, but for many policy holders

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