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FAAA wants AFCA guidance on genetic testing rules

FAAA wants AFCA guidance on genetic testing rules

The FAAA has called for AFCA guidance around the new rules to be applied to the adverse genetic testing regime amid likely complexity
To see or not to see, what are the questions?

To see or not to see, what are the questions?

Life/Risk expert, Col Fullagar, questions why a claims assessor would refuse to share questions asked of a client's treating doctor.
Life insurers seek lead generation carve-out

Life insurers seek lead generation carve-out

The major life insurers are seeking to be excluded from any legislated blanket ban on financial services lead generation.

Sustainability Reimagined: TAL’s new approach to TPD affordability

Content Partnership 6 July 2026 No Comments

TPD insurance premiums have risen in recent years, adding to the financial pressure Australians are already facing from higher living costs.

Senior leadership appointment

Meulman replaces Kelly on Life CCC panel

Binaya Dahal 29 June 2026 No Comments

The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee has announced the appointment of Anna Meulman as its new Consumer Member. 

Support reimagined: TAL’s new approach to TPD

Content Partnership 23 June 2026 No Comments

Mental ill-health has become the defining claims challenge for life insurers. TAL’s new TPD Support Option is designed to meet it.

Rejection

Life insurer cops formal warning over claims handling failures

Yasmine Raso 23 June 2026 No Comments

The Life CCC has issued a life insurer a formal warning over failures in claims handling that resulted in hundreds of code violations.

ASIC leadership forum

FSU calls for better conditions for Acenda employees

Yasmine Raso 19 June 2026 No Comments

The FSU’s calls for Acenda to improve staff arrangements have intensified after a new enterprise agreement contained several cuts to entitlements.

Crime Money Handcuffs

Crime shouldn’t pay at claim time

Col Fullagar 9 June 2026 No Comments

Financial Newswire’s Life/Risk expert, Col Fullagar, explains the technical nuances around insurance claims involving criminal activity.

Ex-BNZ chief, Daiichi director joins TAL board

Binaya Dahal 5 June 2026 No Comments

TAL Australia chair David Cohen said the team is delighted to welcome both Angela Mentis and Akifumi Kai to the Board.


INDUSTRY NEWS

Longer lives need stronger income certainty

Financial Newswire Contributor 30 June 2026

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Australians are living longer, working differently, and carrying more financial complexity into retirement. So, guaranteed income is becoming key in..

In a world without bank hybrids, what’s next for income investors?

Financial Newswire Contributor 23 June 2026

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As bank hybrids are being phased out, many investors are seeking new ways to generate reliable income. And subordinated debt is stepping in.

Trade Finance whitepaper: Access uncorrelated alpha potential

Financial Newswire Contributor 5 June 2026

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Trade finance has demonstrated resilience across global shocks, combining short‑duration, self‑liquidating structures with historically low volatility

Investing Across the Bond Market Cycle

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 June 2026

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With government debt at record highs, what other areas of the bond market could potentially enhance a portfolio’s defensive characteristics?


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Future Past

APRA acknowledges TPD settings unfit for purpose

Mike Taylor | 28 May 2026APRA has not desire to intervene as it did with IDII but it acknowledges that the TPD regulatory settings are increasingly unfit for purpose.
Donkey, carrot, stick

The income protection carrot and stick

Col Fullagar | 27 May 2026Financial Newswire's Life/Risk expert, Col Fullagar, dissects the motivations of the insurers with respect to income protection policies.
Insurance premium

Regulator insurance roundtable reveals TPD challenges

Mike Taylor | 25 May 2026ASIC and APRA have provided an outline of a roundtable with the major life insurers revealing worrying challenges with respect to TPD.
Navigating complexity

Navigating nuance at TPD claim time

Col Fullagar | 21 May 2026Financial Newswire's Life/Risk expert, Col Fullagar, explains the importance of navigating the nuances of describing client occupations.
Code of practice

Life insurers falling short on Income Protection claims-handling

Mike Taylor | 12 May 2026While some super funds were being held to account over death benefit handling delays, life insurers have been lagging on income protection.
Back to the future

TAL report dissects ties between insurance cover and confidence

Yasmine Raso | 12 May 2026New research from TAL has uncovered strong ties between members' understanding of their insurance cover and financial confidence.
Cutting fees

HESTA cuts new deal with AIA Australia, cuts fees

Mike Taylor | 8 May 2026Barely three months out from the next super performance test HESTA has announced cuts to its group insurance fees via AIA Australia.
Life insurance

Life insurers resume return to work pitch

Mike Taylor | 6 May 2026The Council of Australian Life Insurers has released a new report which reinforces life insurer arguments on return to work funding.