Freedom Insurance Group
Freedom to quit all businesses as royal commission grilling takes toll
Freedom Insurance, which was exposed for selling life insurance over the phone to a man with Down syndrome, says it plans to quit all its operating businesses.
- Clancy Yeates
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Insurance companies hit with new rules
The insurance industry is also set for a major shake-up after several insurers were found by the royal commission to have allegedly unfairly declined claims.
- Sarah Danckert
BoQ cancels $65m insurance sale to Freedom Insurance
Bank of Queensland has scrapped the $65 million sale of its St Andrew's Insurance business to the beleaguered Freedom Insurance Group.
- Alex Druce
Freedom Insurance shares halved on liquidity warning
The beleaguered life insurance distributor also admitted it was under investigation by the corporate watchdog for misconduct highlighted by the banking royal commission.
- John Collett & Sarah Danckert
Freedom Insurance chief resigns after royal commission grilling
The chief executive Freedom Insurance Group has resigned a few months after giving evidence to the banking Royal Commission about its cold-calling life insurance sales tactics.
- Lucy Battersby
'Bloody whinger': Freedom staff resisted request to cancel insurance
An insurance company staff member referred to the father of a disabled man who had been sold life insurance as a "bloody whinger".
- Clancy Yeates
Insurer sold life cover to 26-year-old with Down syndrome
Freedom Insurance sold life insurance to a 26-year-old with Down syndrome who was unable to understand the cover he was buying.
- Clancy Yeates & Ruth Williams
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