{"id":43604,"date":"2019-02-06T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=43604"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T00:11:47","slug":"government-to-consider-mandating-level-commissions-for-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2019\/02\/06\/government-to-consider-mandating-level-commissions-for-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Consider Mandating Level Commissions for Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government\u00a0 is contemplating the implementation of a flat life insurance commission structure in future, pending the outcome of ASIC’s review of the Life Insurance Framework reforms, due in 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Government’s position was outlined as part of its full response to the recommendations stemming from the final report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.<\/p>\n

As already reported, ten of the 76 recommendations made by Commissioner Hayne in his final report related to financial advice (see: Royal Commission Financial Advice Recommendations<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Recommendation 2.5 focused on the future of life insurance commissions, where the Comissioner’s recommendation states:<\/p>\n

When ASIC conducts its review of conflicted remuneration relating to life risk insurance products and the operation of the ASIC Corporations (Life Insurance Commissions) Instrument 2017\/510, ASIC should consider further reducing the cap on commissions in respect of life risk insurance products. Unless there is a clear justification for retaining those commissions, the cap should ultimately be reduced to zero.<\/em><\/p>\n

…if the ASIC review does not identify significant improvement in the quality of advice, the Government stated it would move to mandate level commissions<\/h6>\n

The Government’s response notes existing reforms in relation to life insurance remuneration, ie the Life Insurance Framework reforms, and states that as part of these reforms, it had already announced that ASIC would conduct a review in 2021 “…to consider whether the reforms have better aligned the interests of advisers and consumers.”<\/p>\n

The Government then makes its reference to flat commissions, noting that, if the ASIC review does not identify significant improvement in the quality of advice, the Government stated it would move to mandate level commissions, as was recommended by the Financial System Inquiry.<\/p>\n

In its response, the Government added that it supports ASIC conducting this 2021 review, while also taking into account the factors identified by the Royal Commission when undertaking it.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to access the Government’s full response to the Banking Royal Commission’s 76 recommendations.<\/p>\n

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