TAL secures tech deal with Microsoft
15 July 2024
TAL has signed a three-year agreement with Microsoft that extends its access to the tech giant’s artificial intelligence and other new digital tools...
Life Insurance
MetLife unveils workplace wellbeing calculator
15 July 2024
MetLife has launched a tool to help employers measure the financial benefit of investing in staff wellness...
Bombora fills business development role
15 July 2024
Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey to the newly created position of business growth and development manager...
Moray & Agnew adds to life practice team
15 July 2024
Law firm Moray & Agnew has recruited Fiona Hanlon to its life insurance team as special counsel, based in Sydney...
Industry keen for phase two as advice overhaul progresses
08 July 2024
Life insurers are ready for the federal government’s next phase of advice reforms, which include proposed changes to let the industry provide limited forms of advice...
Youpla compensation scheme under way
08 July 2024
The $67 million redress scheme for First Nations policyholders affected by the collapse of funeral insurer Youpla has begun...
Nominations open for adviser excellence awards
08 July 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia is seeking nominations for top-performing advisers across six award categories...
iExtend obtains licence to provide life services
08 July 2024
iExtend has been granted a financial services licence by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...
MetLife donation helps Indigenous education scheme
08 July 2024
MetLife Foundation has donated $155,000 to help the First Nations Foundation’s push to improve financial knowledge and outcomes among Indigenous women...
‘On the front foot’: advice body outlines 2024-25 action areas
01 July 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia ranks the “urgent” shortage of advisers among its key focus areas for 2024-25...
Suicide text not enough to stop payout
01 July 2024
A man’s suicide note stating he wanted all assets to pass to his family and not his partner does not override an earlier death benefit nomination, a court has ruled...
Former ASIC director joins Zurich’s life advice business
01 July 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed Pauline Vamos as chair and independent director of Zurich Assure, the insurer’s life insurance advice business...
Advisers detail ways to tackle ‘insidious’ financial abuse
01 July 2024
Privacy law reforms must strike the right balance to ensure protection for domestic violence victims, financial advisers say in a submission to a parliamentary committee...
MetLife hails sustainability progress
01 July 2024
MetLife has released its annual sustainability report, detailing the insurer’s efforts to meet its commitments to customers, employees, shareholders and communities...
Profitability improving despite disability income slide
24 June 2024
Life insurers are expected to achieve “modest top line” growth this year and next despite a turnaround in disability income insurance performance appearing short-lived, S&P Global Ratings says...
Zurich reveals life claims trends
24 June 2024
Cancer cases had the highest average claim and musculoskeletal conditions were the largest type by volume last year, according to Zurich life insurance data...
TAL individual life chief promoted to group CEO
24 June 2024
TAL chief executive for individual life Fiona Macgregor will become group CEO and MD from October 1...
Funeral cover sale ‘not inappropriate or unlawful’
24 June 2024
A woman who argued an insurer should not have let her mother buy funeral cover for her sister has lost her dispute...
Industry backs law reforms to protect domestic violence victims
24 June 2024
Life insurers have urged authorities to strengthen regulatory protections for family and domestic violence victims...
TAL boosts quote alteration process for advisers
24 June 2024
TAL has introduced a real-time alteration quoting feature for advisers, based on feedback from its advice partners...