12 October 2026
Advisers have urged the federal government to reconsider a planned $10 million special charge on the profession to pay for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort’s FY27 funding gap...
12 October 2026
“Recurring problems” in claims handling remain a priority for the Life Code Compliance Committee, according to the independent watchdog’s 2025-26 annual report...
12 October 2026
Acenda Life says Ross Miller will become chief commercial officer, taking over from Sean McCormack, who is stepping down...
12 October 2026
Swiss Re says the life market is changing as millions of consumers approach retirement with the option to self-manage their pension funds...
12 October 2026
WIP Group head of growth Damien Davie has been promoted to chief partnerships officer...
12 October 2026
PPS Mutual has appointed Maria Repac as business development manager for NSW...
12 October 2026
AIA and Allianz say they have teamed up to address Australia’s retirement challenge...
08 October 2026
Laws banning the use of adverse genetic test results in life insurance underwriting began today after the reform secured passage in the Senate in April...
05 October 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission plans to review funeral insurance providers and expects to complete an ongoing probe of life insurers’ customer services adequacy this financial year...
05 October 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee is “carefully” examining proposed measures that will have a bearing on its oversight of the industry...
05 October 2026
A life insurer has been backed by the industry ombudsman in rejecting an accidental drug death claim, because the main substance involved appeared not to have been prescribed...
05 October 2026
PPS Mutual has appointed Matthew Pilcher as director of strategy and Avanti Patki as head of product...
30 September 2026
Life insurers have stressed the need for “appropriate product design flexibility” to keep mental health cover affordable and accessible as the industry takes its overhaul of its code of practice to the next phase following a review...
28 September 2026
A life insurer has been ordered to pay $4000 to an income protection policyholder after telling him his PTSD was covered, only to reverse its position six weeks later and reject his claim...
28 September 2026
Draft changes to privacy laws need “further clarification” to avoid “unnecessary” duplicative compliance obligations for financial advisers, the profession’s peak body says...
28 September 2026
TAL is giving away tickets to AFLW games and encouraging Australians to invite a family member or friend along to support social connection...
21 September 2026
Australians find ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools useful for researching financial matters but are wary of relying on them to make important decisions, according to new research from TAL...
21 September 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee has reminded insurers of the importance of identifying renewal notice failures and their impacts and providing timely and effective remediation...
21 September 2026
An insurer has been ordered to pay a total and permanent disablement benefit after the industry ombudsman said it was not satisfied that a labourer “was reasonably suited to work as an information officer”...
21 September 2026
Finalists for the Financial Advice Association Australia excellence awards have been revealed, with the winners to be announced at the peak body’s annual conference gala dinner in Melbourne on November 26...