Risk People at 5 April 2016
/New appointments at CommInsure, NAB Financial Planning, and ClearView; Hillross award winners announced; and Munich Re loses a CEO and MD.
Read MoreNew appointments at CommInsure, NAB Financial Planning, and ClearView; Hillross award winners announced; and Munich Re loses a CEO and MD.
Read MoreMLC is voluntarily checking two years worth of critical illness claims; Padua launches SoA tool; ANZ has made group insurance changes to two super products; CommInsure updates two definitions;
Read MoreFrom driverless cars to clueless insurers - see how the insurance industry is faring globally, and how to improve on what we've got and avoid becoming completely irrelevant.
Read MoreAIA reduces lapse rates with health program; ANZ puts insurance at the top; TAL launches health program roadshow and invests in claims staff education; CommInsure adjusts some definitions and backdates them; Gen Re closing its Melbourne office; and ASIC releases guidance draft paper for automated advice.
Read MoreThe Scrutiny of Financial Advice has had its scope deepened to take into account insurers using outdated definitions to refuse claims, among other issues. This is a direct result of the most recent CommInsure scandal involving outdated heart attack definitions.
Read MoreThe true impacts of cannabis use, including the benefits and dangers ,are clouded by our universally misguided perceptions about what pot actually does to us, and importantly for the risk industry, how that affects our risk profile - or doesn't, as the case may be.
Read MoreA range of product, company and regulatory updates, plus awards and new risk offerings.
Read MoreWe take a closer look at the backdrop of global gender equality and how the participation of women in equal roles to men, and men participating in more unpaid labour, could increase global GDP by signficant amounts as soon as 2025.
Read MoreWe provide a research-based snapshot of funeral insurance in Australia and discuss the idea of this type of cover, and why advocacy groups are rallying against it.
Read MoreInsurers can now look up any number of free sources of private (but public) information on a person when assessing their application for insurance. We take a look at some good methods of sleuthing, while discussing the ethics of doing so.
Read MoreCheck out new initiatives by life companies - recently AIA Australia, TAL, Zurich and Suncorp have all stepped into new arenas and are upping the competition.
Read MoreNever before has pre-natal insurance cover been so viable - us humans are more precious about our babies than ever before, with low birth rates, but also very low infant mortality: a good risk profile. We discuss the Asian trend of pre-natal cover and where Australia is at with cover for the unborn.
Read MoreDrinking is - according to ongoing research - becoming less and less safe, with over 5,000 deaths every year from drinking-related causes. The UK has just proposed a downgrade of its 'safe' drinking guidelines, which will eventually have a flow-on effect to insurance applications.
Read MoreMLC has reduced premiums on some insurance products for new customers by 15 per cent, with rate cuts starting from age 40 onwards. Zurich has frozen premiums for new customers.
Read MoreMacquarie Life Disability Income and Business Expenses insurance products have had premium increases.
Read MoreThis report examines what start-ups and company participants are applying for, and looks at the taskforce for robo-advice.
Read MoreSuperFriend has released a best-practice framework to improve the experiences for everyone involved in mental health insurance claims.
Read MoreKPMG investigates innovation in risk insurance globally, while offering tips on how to get it right.
Read MoreFindex launches the first commission-free life insurance product.
Read MoreBT has updated its Key Person Income product that is designed to allow a business to continue to operate without the presence of a key person critical for the continuation of the business until the problem of the gap can be solved.
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