Life Insurance News

Given the serious consequences of childhood illness or injury, Zurich urges advisers to make child cover a standard part of insurance planning.

Statistics about recognised life insurance claims can be misleading. Here James Markwick looks at the issues & suggests a better way to report.

Plan for Life reports that inflows into the life insurance risk market for 2012 totalled $11.5 billion, an increase of 11.7 percent over 2011 results.

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell, noting the growth of SMSFs, says that ASIC has found room for improvement in the quality of advice given to investors.

James Markwick analyses some statistics on life insurance policy lapses, showing that things are not always as they appear. Read why here.