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Insurers warned of "cliff edge" from rapid advances in genomic diagnostics

Polygenic testing is a game-changer with potential to disrupt insurance, says Jessica Chen

Blake Briggs becomes CEO of Australia's FSC trade body

Australian life insurers get new code of conduct

Financial Services Council will submit revised code to regulator

Apra resumes capital penalty plans for income protection providers

Troubled life cover line has lost A$1.4bn since December

Australian life firms post A$1.6bn net loss in year to June

Income protection losses make up the majority of the deficits while the trade body warns potentially worse is still to come

Australia's life insurers in the emergency room

David Walker reports on the suitability, reputational and distribution crises that are destroying the profitability of the country's life sector

Australian life firms paid A$12bn in claims in 2019

Cancer and mental health top reasons for claims, the life sector's trade body reveals

Claims risk rises as Covid-19 hits Australian jobs market

Unemployment and under-employment hits 17% in June

Australian life insurers in Covid-19 frontline vow

The Financial Services Council announces three pledges to help frontline healthcare workers

Australian life insurers arm up on the frontline of climate change

Climate change is not just a worry for property and casualty insurers. In Australia, whose recent natural disasters are widely seen as harbingers of global warming, life and health firms recognise complacency is no option. David Walker reports