Article tagged with 'Insurance Advisers'
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Insurance disputes reach record high
29 Jul 2025 - The Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO) is facing a record surge in disputes, signalling rising consumer frustration with insurers amid premium hikes and claim disputes
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Insurers see 'unprecedented' claims levels
01 Jul 2025 - The growth in claims is being driven by public waiting lists, medical inflation and changing attitudes towards preventive healthcare
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Service levels and transfer of workloads
24 Jun 2025 - If you're an adviser, you will have seen the challenges with provider service levels trending downwards and your admin loads increasing.
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Should FAPs be accepting signature-less policy processing
19 Jun 2025 - While signature-less processes have been a thing for one or two providers, we now have around half that will process policy changes without the need for signatures in some shape or form.
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Foundation Life windup plan finally ready for a vote after 7 years
07 May 2025 - Foundation Life’s shareholders say they “share our policyholders’ frustration” at the time it has taken to finalise a plan to wind up the near $500 million business while giving policyholders choices about whether to take cash, swap for new policies with greater benefits or a combination.
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Financial Advisers deserve fairness and value for money too.
01 May 2025 - How does this sound when buying your professional indemnity insurance: No-strings-attached quotes, no need to sign yourself over to a new broker just so you can get a price, complete clarity and transparency around policy wording and fees, and premiums that will be around 10%-15% lower than the low rates we negotiated last year?
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[Opinion] Life advisers need a mindset change: away from ‘we sell’ to ‘we advise’.
22 Apr 2025 - Opinion: Selling is essential in life insurance, but as necessary as it is, it must now be accompanied by suitable advice. We live in a new advice environment – changes are likely needed from what we did before because there are several new expectations.
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Medical premiums and the public system
01 Apr 2025 - Most of you will have seen the notices advising increased premiums in the last month, ranging from 16% to 22%.
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Insurance advisers' pet hates could be their greatest advantage
10 Jul 2023 - Some of the things life insurance advisers probably hate most, including increasing regulation, technology and complexity, are converging to make the services advisers offer more in demand than ever, according to Russell Hutchinson of Chatswood consulting.
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Cigna extends adviser-only campaign
22 Dec 2021 - Cigna is extending its 'Good things come in twos' offer to advisers and is backdating the campaign to December 17.