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Disability dilemmas put off insurer

Disability insurance is the most contentious, difficult and costly to manage personal insurance product,  one New Zealand insurer says.

Wednesday, June 19th, 7:05AM

Pinnacle Life’s Ed Saul was responding to calls across the Tasman for forensic testing on mental health disability claims.

Kelly Wilson, president and director of forensic services at Psy Barr, spoke at reinsurance firm RGA’s seminar in Sydney recently.

She said a forensic approach, using psychological testing, was better placed to offer evidence on whether claimants were sufficiently disabled to qualify for an insurance claim...MORE»

Forensic approach to disability claims suggested

Tuesday, June 18th, 6:11AM

Australian insurance industry players are calling for a forensic approach to assessing and managing mental health disability claims.

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RBNZ's latest paper on insurance causes concerns

Friday, June 14th, 6:58AM

Concern has been raised about the far-reaching implications for insurers’ solvency standards of one of the clauses in the Reserve Bank’s latest consultation paper.

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Commission regulation unlikely: Tate

Wednesday, June 12th, 7:14AM

The Government will be hesitant to regulate risk advisers’ commissions because of the country’s under-insurance problem,  says the president of the Institute of Financial Advisers.

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The Top Five things that aren’t done often enough when reviewing insurance

Friday, June 7th, 10:58AM

There are some practical things that can be done in an insurance review which often aren’t – I think they should happen more often.

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Latest life insurance sales stats

Friday, June 7th, 10:12AM

[Updated]  The latest life insurance statistics show that OnePath has done well, Partners is slowing, AMP is having problems and Sovereign still remains number one.

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Govt should regulate commissions: Naylor

Tuesday, June 4th, 2:57PM

New Zealand’s Government should step in and set guidelines for financial advisers’ commission, says Mike Naylor, of Massey University.

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Churn in Australian watchdog's sights

Friday, May 31st, 3:45PM

Advisers churning client policies will be under increasing scrutiny from Australia's Securities and investments Commission over the next year.

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Changes to the wording make it easier to issue policies, but advisers should be careful about proof of income.

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