{"id":82715,"date":"2026-06-09T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=82715"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:14:34","slug":"cali-opposes-broad-ban-on-lead-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/06\/09\/cali-opposes-broad-ban-on-lead-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"CALI Opposes Broad Ban on Lead Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALI has warned that a Federal Government proposal to extend a lead generation ban to life insurance would reduce customer choice.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation&#8217;s CEO <strong>Christine Cupitt<\/strong> said: \u201cLife insurance lead generation plays an important role in helping customers access information, compare products, and obtain life insurance protection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69010\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69010\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Cupitt.\" width=\"150\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135.jpg 925w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-696x822.jpg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-356x420.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Cupitt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said the industry is seeking an exemption from any broad lead generation ban or other restrictions the Government is considering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA blanket ban for life insurance risks limiting legitimate information and connections that support customers to build their financial safety net,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cupitt said a blanket ban would prevent life insurers from receiving customer enquiries from comparison websites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government should not cut off safe, regulated pathways that help Australians access life insurance,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALI has warned that a Federal Government proposal to extend a lead generation ban to life insurance would reduce customer choice. The organisation&#8217;s CEO Christine Cupitt said: \u201cLife insurance lead generation plays an important role in helping customers access information, compare products, and obtain life insurance protection.&#8221; She said the industry is seeking an exemption [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":82717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,8282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-associations","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}