Payment cut-off with no warning unfair, AFCA finds
21 July 2025
Life insurers have been reminded to give customers a chance to respond before cutting off their benefits...
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Industry trio partner on retirement solution
21 July 2025
Insignia Financial brand MLC has partnered with TAL and wealth group Challenger to establish a “centre of excellence” for its Retirement Boost product...
PPS fills WA business development role
21 July 2025
PPS Mutual has appointed Karena Cox as business development manager for its WA operations...
Industry ‘rethinks’ offering as mental health claims soar
14 July 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers warns the industry is being “pushed to the limits” amid a sharp rise in the number of people leaving work due to mental health conditions...
Claims compliance among code monitor focus areas
14 July 2025
The Life Code Compliance Committee has outlined three key priorities in its 2025-26 work plan...
Australian premium tipped to grow 1.7%
14 July 2025
Life premium growth in Australia and other advanced Asia-Pacific economies is expected to hit 0.4% this year and 1.1% next year, according to Swiss Re...
Ex-Zurich Australia CEO joins St Andrew’s board
14 July 2025
St Andrew’s Insurance Group has appointed former Zurich executive Colin Morgan as a non-executive director...
Zurich wins ‘preferred insurer’ race for group contract
14 July 2025
Zurich will provide group insurance to Australian Retirement Trust customers with Super Savings accounts...
Profession renews warning on compensation scheme costs
07 July 2025
The personal financial advice sector’s share of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort levy has been reduced by about $2.8 million under revised estimates for this financial year...
Ex-wealth adviser guilty of ‘very serious’ contempt
07 July 2025
Former wealth adviser Joshua Fuoco has been held in contempt of court for defying orders made in 2018 barring him from the industry for 10 years...
Adviser peak body seeks award nominees
07 July 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia is accepting nominations for its annual excellence awards...
TAL sets out academy timetable
07 July 2025
The TAL Risk Academy has released details of its half-year education program...
CommInsure class action heads to mediation
30 June 2025
A class action for life advice clients who allegedly paid “excess premiums” may settle by the fourth quarter of this year...
Former Westpac exec named Acenda Group chief
30 June 2025
Acenda Group says Chris de Bruin will join as CEO after its acquisition of Resolution Life Australasia is completed...
NZ regulator cancels adviser’s licence
30 June 2025
Migrant-focused life adviser Filcare Services has had its permit to operate revoked after breaking its New Zealand licence obligations...
Bombora names new MD, chair
30 June 2025
Bombora Advice says board member Niall McConville has been appointed MD, taking over from Wayne Handley, who will become executive chairman...
Code watchdog slams insurer over rejection letter breach
23 June 2025
The Life Code Compliance Committee has sanctioned an unnamed insurer over “ambiguous and contradictory” rejection letters sent to policy applicants...
Cover Genius, TAL combine to ‘level life cover playing field’
23 June 2025
TAL and Cover Genius have launched a “bite sized” embedded life insurance product in Australia, called Backd...
Acenda adds to board amid structural overhaul
23 June 2025
Acenda Group has made four board appointments as it prepares for Resolution Life Australasia to become part of the business...
Gwen Fletcher award goes to Brisbane adviser
23 June 2025
David Ormsby has won Financial Advice Association Australia’s Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for this year’s first semester of industry studies...