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Forcing insurers to reveal rejected claims a win for consumers

  • Written by Justin Malbon, Professor of Law, Monash University

Companies offering life insurance will now disclose the outcomes of claims, under a new reporting regime in a bid to increase transparency in the industry. This information won’t only be used by individual customers but also by financial advisers and in the case of many of us, by our superannuation fund, via a group policy.

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