Fraud is major cause for high PI premiums. Vero May 18 :: Professional indemnity (PI) premiums are high because insurers have difficulty identifying authorised representatives who have made fraudulent claims in the past, according to Vero head of... read more People with mental illness struggle to get insurance Apr 04 :: The Mental Health Council says insurance and financial services companies routinely discriminate against people with mental illness.The council recently released a report which found... read more Life insurance reforms create new opportunities Apr 04 :: How do you keep a clear picture when the lines of life insurance are blurred? Damien Mu predicts that the distinctions that life insurance companies draw between group and retail insurance... read more SMSFs and insurance: death and permanent disability cover Feb 25 :: One of the recommendations of the Cooper Review of the superannuation system, accepted by the government, will require self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to consider death and... read more Risk brokers resent FOFA's 'one size fits all' Jan 16 :: The risk insurance industry has been unduly impacted by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes because the Government has adopted a 'one size fits all' approach, according to... read more Suncorp purchases AMP insurance business Dec 06 :: Suncorp has purchased AMP's General Insurance Distribution (AMP GID), securing the business for Suncorp for the long term, the two groups announced today.Suncorp previously provided... read more Insurance in superannuation - what is about to change? Nov 14 :: Following the Government’s release of the Stronger Super information pack, Comminsure's Jeffrey Scott outlines some of the major changes about to happen with respect to insurance within superannuation.On... read more |